“They like saying that believing in illegal immigration is choosing compassion.
“They like saying that believing in illegal immigration is choosing compassion. Compassion for whom? Is it compassion for the American citizens who, like us, were paying not only with our tax money but with our children’s lives?” Jessica Gorman, mother of Sheridan, who was killed by an illegal alien in sanctuary Illinois at 18 years old.
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every day that passes i feel even stronger about that message because we do need to choose leaders that choose us we need to love our children and our country enough to defend them both fiercely and every day we feel this incredible void our beautiful daughter was stolen from us but we've actually met hundreds of other angel families and they've also lost so much um And they've also lost so much. I don't understand. how people don't see the connections between illegal immigration and, you know, not just our economy. But, you know, they like saying that, you know, believing in illegal immigration is choosing compassion. for who? Is it compassion for the American citizens like us who are paying? We're paying, not only with our tax money, but with our children's lives. Not only with our tax money. Who is the compassion for?
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Analyzed 2026-11-02 16:00 UTC.
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Scapegoating 55%
Links the death of a child and a broad cost to citizens to illegal immigration and sanctuary policy generally, framing the group as the cause of harm.
“paying not only with our tax money but with our children’s lives”
Appeal to Fear 60%
Invokes a child's killing by an illegal alien to imply that citizens' children are at risk from immigration policy.
“killed by an illegal alien in sanctuary Illinois at 18 years old”
“our children’s lives”
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“They like saying that believing in illegal immigration is choosing compassion. Compassion for whom? Is it compassion for the American citizens who, like us, were paying not only with our tax money but with our children’s lives?” Jessica Gorman, mother of Sheridan, who was killed by an illegal alien in sanctuary Illinois at 18 years old.
Scapegoating Links the death of a child and a broad cost to citizens to illegal immigration and sanctuary policy generally, framing the group as the cause of harm. Flagged: “paying not only with our tax money but with our children’s lives”.
Appeal to Fear Invokes a child's killing by an illegal alien to imply that citizens' children are at risk from immigration policy. Flagged: “killed by an illegal alien in sanctuary Illinois at 18 years old”.
every day that passes i feel even stronger about that message because we do need to choose leaders that choose us we need to love our children and our country enough to defend them both fiercely and every day we feel this incredible void our beautiful daughter was stolen from us but we've actually met hundreds of other angel families and they've also lost so much um And they've also lost so much. I don't understand. how people don't see the connections between illegal immigration and, you know, not just our economy. But, you know, they like saying that, you know, believing in illegal immigration is choosing compassion. for who? Is it compassion for the American citizens like us who are paying? We're paying, not only with our tax money, but with our children's lives. Not only with our tax money. Who is the compassion for?
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