In 2018, Jennifer Rubin wrote an opinion piece titled, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and Trump’s immigration lies,” a play on a quote attributeed to Mark Twain. Although the media has been fact-checking Trump’s lies for years, he continues to make baseless claims about immigrants. Contrary to his inflammatory lies,
- Undocumented immigrants are not collecting Social Security and Medicare.
- Undocumented immigrants are not voting in US elections. Furthermore, Democrats are not promoting illegal immigration to win elections.
- There is no migrant crime wave. Immigrants are less likely to commit violent crimes than native-born Americans.
- Native-born Americans are bringing illegal drugs like fentnyl into the country.
- Immigrants are not taking American jobs. They are filling jobs that Americans evidently don’t want. Furthermore, immigrants are not stealing “Black jobs.”
Yes, there are different kinds of lies, and Trump is an expert at telling them. There are the kinds of lies he tells to avoid accountability, the lies he tells to look better than he is, and the lies he tells to elevate himself above others. There are the lies he spews to defame and demean others. And there are his damned lies about entire groups of people to stoke fear and hatred.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
It is bad enough that Trump makes up statistics to distort the effects of immigrants on jobs, crime, drug use, and financial resources. What’s far worse is Trump’s dehumanizing lies about immigrants.
- Saying that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
- Calling immigrants animals.
Immigrants are human beings created in God’s image. Immigration should be addressed humanely.
Proverbs 17:5 says, “Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.”
The same can be said for immigrants. In expressing contempt for migrants, Trump shows his contempt for their Maker.
Innermost Being 