Immigrantsbelonghere

Eleven million people work here, pay taxes here and raise citizens here with no legal way to become permanent. Two things live on this site: what to do if immigration enforcement comes to your door, and what the evidence says about the people they come for.

If ICE is there now

If they are at your door

MigraWatch1-844-363-1423
  1. 01Do not open the door. Speak through it.
  2. 02Ask to see a warrant signed by a judge, slid under the door.
  3. 03Say: "I am exercising my right to remain silent. I want to speak to a lawyer."
  4. 04Do not run, do not lie, do not show false documents.
  5. 05Record if you can. You have the right to film law enforcement in public.
  6. 06Call the MigraWatch hotline: 1-844-363-1423. Write down badge numbers and the license plate.

14 claims

  • False claim: Undocumented immigrants drive crime.

    The record: 37%fewer convictions than US-born Americans

  • False claim: They don't pay taxes.

    The record: $96.7Bpaid in taxes in a single year

  • False claim: They come here to live off welfare.

    The record: $0in federal benefits they are allowed to claim

  • False claim: They're taking American jobs and driving down wages.

    The record: 13.7%of construction workers — jobs that go unfilled without them

  • False claim: They're taking our housing and driving up rents.

    The record: 1 in 3roofers and drywall installers — they build the housing

  • False claim: They're bringing the drugs across the border.

    The record: 89%of convicted fentanyl traffickers are US citizens

  • False claim: Why don't they just get in line and come legally?

    The record: 226,000green cards a year for the entire world

  • False claim: "Illegal is illegal" — they're criminals by definition.

    The record: Civilviolation, not a criminal one

  • False claim: They're voting illegally in our elections.

    The record: 0.0001%of 23.5m votes were suspected noncitizen votes — they cannot vote at all

  • False claim: My great-grandparents came legally. They should too.

    The record: ~2%of arrivals were turned away at Ellis Island — there was no line to skip

  • False claim: They cost taxpayers $150 billion a year.

    The record: 5.4MUS-citizen children counted as a cost of illegal immigration in that figure

  • False claim: Deporting more people makes communities safer.

    The record: 0measurable effect on crime from checking every arrestee's status

  • False claim: ICE only goes after criminals.

    The record: 70.6%of people in ICE detention have no criminal conviction

  • False claim: They don't assimilate or learn English.

    The record: 2ndgeneration speaks English proficiently; the third is English-monolingual

Every one of these has a source

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