Schwarzenegger: immigrants should 'behave like a guest,' not break laws
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Jun 18, 2025
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is sparking debate after his comments about immigration reform on "The View."
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Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is sparking some debate, including from The View host, after making comments about immigration
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Because when you come to America, you're a guest and you have to behave like a guest
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Schwarzenegger used the interview to criticize both Democrats and Republicans, suggesting neither side has done enough to fix the country's immigration system
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He was asked how he would respond to the unrest around Los Angeles' deportations if he were still a politician
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I just think the world of the great kind of history that we have with immigrants in America
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But the key thing also is at the same time that we got to do things legal
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That is the important thing, you know. So you got to do things legal. And those people that are doing illegal things in America and they're the foreigners, they are not smart
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He compared it to being a guest in someone's house, saying when he visits someone's home
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he does everything he can to keep it clean rather than committing a crime or being abusive
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But the hosts pushed back lightly, with Whoopi Goldberg pointing out that most
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immigrants come to the U trying to do the right thing And a lot of what happening right now is people are getting snatched who shouldn be snatched out of the country people who have visas people who have all those things
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So a January study looked at criminal records in Texas between 2012 and 2018
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They found undocumented immigrants had the lowest overall crime rates even compared to documented immigrants
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and U.S.-born citizens. Separately, an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice
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tells Northeastern Global News there's absolutely no evidence, none whatsoever, that that's what's
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happening on this unprecedented level. Not only is crime not going up, it's not even remaining
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static. Entering into the United States is in itself a civil crime. Doing so after previously
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being deported is a felony offense. Schwarzenegger's comments have been making rounds on social media
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with many people agreeing, but some people, even in the conservative Reddit thread, don't agree
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One user on X says his comments are useless right now, potentially due to the current climate
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Democrats and Republicans have to come together and solve this issue if they really want to be public servants
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With Straight Arrow News, I'm Kennedy Felton. Download our app or visit san.com for more
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