The right’s inflammatory immigration rhetoric is spreading in the Spanish media

In recent months, Spanish-speaking conservative radio and social media personalities have joined the cacophony of right-wing media spreading fear about an alleged invasion of immigrants that will supposedly destabilize the country.

Some are spreading claims that the recent influx of migrants at the southern U.S. border is part of a “very well-designed plan” by Democrats to “get votes,” while others complain that immigrants are costing taxpayers money by receiving benefits and supposedly causing problems cause. crime.

This rhetoric fuels a pattern of fear-mongering in the right-wing media about an immigrant “invasion” that will contaminate and ultimately destroy the American way of life – an idea that stems from the white nationalist “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory that is gaining traction . pulling power for years. The comment also ties in with former President Donald Trump’s inflammatory immigration talk.

In reality, evidence shows that violent crime has declined nationwide since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, and immigrants are committing violent crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans. And it is Republicans, not Democrats, who have deliberately blocked bipartisan efforts to strengthen border security for the express reason of protecting Trump’s presidential campaign.