The freshest face of the Democratic Party, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), found another camera recently, and she made an interesting claim about deportations. Speaking in what looks like one of the back rooms in the House of Representatives, the controversial (putting it lightly) congresswoman railed against the current administration’s approach to illegal immigration. Using the euphemism “undocumented folk,” Crockett claimed that deportations should stop because illegal aliens pay “$100 billion” in taxes a year.
This is an argument that has become more popular lately, and it deserves a proper critique because you’re going to be hearing it a lot from Democrat politicians.
CROCKETT: To be clear, undocumented folk contribute approximately $100 billion in taxes. They pay into social security, and they don’t get to draw down on it. So stop, again, allowing…
