Politics Done Right

A regular Right-Wing caller to PDR demeaned undocumented immigrants and was schooled with the inconvenient truth about our founding. The conversation begins with a caller named Brian expressing concerns about undocumented immigrants, citing a single criminal case as evidence for a broader problem. Brian suggests that even a low rate of criminality among undocumented immigrants would translate to a significant number of criminals in the U.S. Brian was countered by the fact that it is incorrect to judge a large group based on isolated incidents. One should be looking at aggregate data rather than individual cases. Moreover, the data does not support the notion that immigrants, undocumented or otherwise, are more crime-prone than native-born Americans. In fact, studies have proven the opposite. While Trump may have done some commendable things, like pardoning some people of color whose convictions were race-based, his overall record on issues like racism, sexism, and homophobia cannot be ignored. Trump’s action