Why do people say illegals should go back to where they came from and is it a matter of racism?

https://thelemmy.club/post/46067518

Why do people say illegals should go back to where they came from and is it a matter of racism? - The Lemmy Club

So, today, I saw a sign on my school group’s wall saying something about undocumented people being welcome here, which I strongly agree with. They should be welcomed as much as any citizen (I’m American so a lot of this will be in relation to my observations in the USA). However, I have friends and family who are strongly anywhere from “illegals should be tortured” to a more reasonable (not saying it’s 100% reasonable, just MORE reasonable) that the undocumented should be deported but not treated badly in the process. Some, like my dad, are right-wingers who believe in changing the border laws and don’t support Trump at all (a Never Trumper I think?) My stance is that the border laws should be changed and that the undocumented are not “illegal”, they should be treated like human beings and welcome as any American should.

Humans have a longstanding psychological fear of outsiders coming from a time where immigration signalled a war was coming closer, And the local economy/culture being upended by the sudden influx of people who all needed a place to sleep and food to eat and would be desperate enough to break your local laws for the survival of their families. If they speak a different language you cannot even reason with then.

this fear is an underlying cause that develops racism.

The world no longer works like this but our minds largely still do.

You have to be able to think things trough even if they are counterintuitive. Borders are just made up inventions, so are laws. People who flee from war/hardship are rarely to blame for those events.

In general there is enough food for all, so much is trown away. Ending world hunger is literally a choice the global elite isn’t choosing to do.

You too would commit crimes if it was the only way your family could survive. You too would wish people understood the hardship you are going through as you’re standards of life are forcefully getting eroded over time.

You are 100% right, thanks!