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Mass deportations don't keep out 'bad genes.' They use scientific racism to justify biased immigration policies

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Politicians invoke genetics to confirm false stereotypes that immigrants are more violent than native-born citizens.

This is despite the fact that immigrants living in the country with or without legal authorization have significantly lower crime and violent crime rates than U.S. citizens.

As a geneticist and a child of immigrants, I study the intersection of biology and bias.

There is no evidence that genetic differences related to intelligence or cognitive performance exist between racial groups.

This is another argument growing out of replacement theory, the conspiracy theory that Jews and Western elites are replacing white populations with populations of color.

Scientists have systematically studied human genetic variation for decades , looking at differences in the DNA of people.

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