President Donald Trump signs executive orders at the Oval White House office on January 20, 2025 in Washington (photo of Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
When it comes to talking about immigrants, the word “invasion” is both explosive and misleading, experts and supporters of human rights say. However, with Donald Trump in the White House, he appears on official orders and other communication – and echo is echom by politicians from Ohio.
Only in the disappearing weeks of January Trump issued two executive orders using the language – “”Guarantees the protection of countries against invasion“And”Protection of the American nation against invasion. “
On Thursday, over 80 civilian organizations and human rights sent letter For congress leaders, calling them to reject what the groups say, was “a false and bigotic theory of conspiracy.”
In times, the number of migrants increased to the border of the US-Meticus at the end of the Covid-19 pandemic and seriously tight resources. This led some politicians on the right-on this Trump, Governor of Texas Greg Abbott and now-Ohio US sleep. Bernie Moreno – The claim that it was an invasion, despite the fact that migrants did not run tanks, carrying out machine guns, and even functioned as an organized group. They don’t even commit crimes According to rates as high as born Americans
“Immigration policy is an important topic that requires discussion and congress debate,” said a letter of groups to republican and democratic congress leaders. “We begging for the leadership of the Senate and the Chamber so as not to support or finance the efforts conducted by the fictitious and dangerous theory of the conspiracy, which allegedly” invasion “. Congress should not provide justification for constant attacks on our democracy. “
In Texas, Abbott tried to present what happened on the border as a military invasion when he tries to take over the obligations of border security in his own hands. They have such powers It was traditionally reserved for the federal government Because he would create chaos if each of the 50 states were responsible for their own policy and security when it comes to contact with foreign countries.
Also places along the border, which, as Abbott claimed, were a place of military invasion The safest communities in the country. So, even when immigrants appeared in a gigantic number, it was not ABBOTT’s military invasion, as Abbott claimed, trying to cope with the federal primacy, the judge ruled last year.
“Contemporary definitions of” invasion “and” they actually attacked “, as well as the widespread use of this term at the end of the 18th century, mainly determining” invasion “as hostile and organized military forces, too powerful to deal with them through ordinary court proceedings”, wrote last year the US regional judge David Alan Ezra. “This tribunal could not locate one contemporary use of this the term in relation to violent violent foreign immigration. “
After a compact lifting, the conservative 5th American Court of Appeal last year maintained Ezra’s stay and is to plan his appeal in Texas in July.
Meanwhile, many experts said that false invasion claims caused murderous madness against sensitive communities. For example, Patrick Crusius went from Dallas to El Paso in 2019, published a manifesto Saying that he stopped the “invasion” on the border and went to Walmart. There he used AK-47 to murder 23 and hurt 22.
Some experts say that such a false, incendent rhetoric can be fatal, it is not only accidental, but it is part of it. Frightens immigrants and other people who utilize itAnd this serves the political goals of those who utilize such rhetoric, say experts.
Do not fight false claims that we are invited, undermines democracy, a program director in one of the groups who signed a letter to congress leaders in a statement.
“Presenting migrants and refugees as” invasion “is not only a dangerous and bigotic attempt at fear, is now the basis of authoritarian grasping of power,” said Liz Yates from Western States Center.
In their letter, all groups stated that the harm would only spread, unless people in power are not contrary to the claims of “invasion”.
“This Bigotic narrative has already been used to promote politicians who have and will have a destructive impact on the immigrant community,” said the letter. “He also inspired the model of white nationalist and anti -Semitic fatal attacks throughout the nation. The utilize of this substantial -firm conspiracy theory as a justification of the political program is a risk of public security not only of the immigrant community that is directed to enforce the policy, but also for the Jewish, black, brown, Muslim, LGBTQ+, Aanhpi, Latin, Latin and many others communities that are in this plot, which are conspiracy at this time, the rhetoric.
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