'Fox And Friends' Host Says Calling Immigration 'An Invasion' Is 'Not Anti-Hispanic'

David Moye
Updated

“Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade has no problem with President Donald Trump describing the flow of migrants coming to America across the border with Mexico as “an invasion.”

The phrase Trump often uses appeared in an online manifesto allegedly posted by the suspected shooter in Saturday’s slaughter of at least 22 people Saturday in El Paso, Texas. The manifesto was posted shortly before the massacre.

Kilmeade went to great lengths on the Fox News show Tuesday to defend Trump’s use of the phrase, and he insisted the term was “not anti-Hispanic.”

“When you have over 110,000 people coming a month ― over a million last year and well over a million this year, if you use the term ‘invasion,’ that’s not anti-Hispanic, it’s a fact,” he said.

Kilmeade then claimed that “if the Russians were coming through Alaska, through Canada” into the U.S., “the president would be using the same language.”

Kilmeade may not be in the best position to comment on what’s racist and what isn’t.

Talking Points Memo pointed out that in 2009, he remarked on “Fox & Friends” that Americans “keep marrying other species and other ethnics” while Swedes and Finns have “pure genes” and a “pure society” because they only marry each other.

You can see Kilmeade’s Tuesday comments below:

Use of the term “invasion” is business as usual for Fox News on immigration issues ― this year alone, there have been more than 70 on-air references to migrants “invading” the U.S., according to Media Matters.

This story has been updated with the statistic from Media Matters.

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Claiming Benefits.. not that easy

Any EU jobseekers who have never worked in the UK before won't be able to claim benefits like Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Child Benefit, Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit. An EEA worker who has been employed in the UK before becoming unemployed, might be able to claim benefits whilst looking for new work. This depends on which EEA country you're and how long they've worked in the UK.

Non EU arrivals

Immigration of arrivals from non-EU countries nationals continued to fall in 2012.
Immigration of arrivals from non-EU countries nationals continued to fall in 2012.

Claiming benefits at working age

Of the 5.5 million people of working age who are currently claiming benefits, 371,000 are foreign-born. These figures include people who entered the country as long ago<a href="http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-qa-how-many-migrants-are-on-the-dole/9148" target="_blank"> as 1975</a> and most are only payable to people who have built up a minimum level of National Insurance contributions through work.

Polish second most spoken language in the UK

British nationals now

More than half of foreign-born people receiving a benefit had in fact at some point become British citizens, meaning they had <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16643677" target="_blank">the same rights as people born British.</a>

Polish unemployment

The latest DWP figures suggested only<a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/what-we-do/FOI/foi-requests/population/data-on-poleis-people-living-in-the-uk/index.html?format=print" target="_blank"> 3% of Poles were unemployed</a> and even less than that were claiming unemployment benefit.

Embedded communities

Half of all foreign-born people in England and Wales have lived here for 10 years or more
Half of all foreign-born people in England and Wales have lived here for 10 years or more

Largest communities

The 2011 census shows the largest single group of foreign-born people in the UK is those born in India, followed by those born in Poland and then those born in Pakistan.
The 2011 census shows the largest single group of foreign-born people in the UK is those born in India, followed by those born in Poland and then those born in Pakistan.

London capital of immigration

London has continued to be home to the largest group of foreign-born people in England and Wales – <a href="http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/commentary/pole-position-new-census-data-shows-ten-fold-growth-england-and-wales%E2%80%99-polish-population" target="_blank">about 40% of the total.</a>

Britain on benefits

Migrants are substantially less likely to claim benefits that the UK-born population.
Migrants are substantially less likely to claim benefits that the UK-born population.

Losing your job..

If a <a href="http://www.housing-rights.info/03_8_Bulgarians_Romanians.php#housing-and-benefits" target="_blank">Bulgarian or Romanian </a>becomes unable to work within the first 12 months, the ex-worker loses their right to reside in the UK, and so is not entitled to income-based benefits.

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