Illegal Immigrant Killers, Rapists Aren’t Scholars — They’re Criminals

TLDR

This press release describes Michael Moore’s controversial comments suggesting deported immigrants might have been future scientific geniuses, and the White House’s mocking response calling it the “dumbest statement of the year.” Moore used Steve Jobs’ Syrian immigrant background to criticize deportations, while critics noted he conflated legal and illegal immigration.

Michael Moore recently made controversial comments suggesting that deported illegal immigrants might have been potential scientific geniuses who could have cured cancer or prevented an asteroid impact in 2032. This statement has drawn significant criticism, particularly from the White House.

Presidential spokesman Kush Desai mockingly responded to Moore’s claims, calling them a “strong contender for dumbest statement of the year” and sarcastically suggesting that Moore could “visit the quantum computing and particle physics labs that MS-13, TDA, and the cartels are now going to have to set up back home in El Salvador, Venezuela and Mexico.”

Moore’s comments came in a blog post titled “Our Muslim Boy Wonder,” where he used Steve Jobs’ background as the son of a Syrian immigrant to criticize the Trump administration’s deportation efforts. He wrote: “Who’s really being removed by ICE tonight? The child who would’ve discovered the cure for cancer in 2046? The 9th grade nerd who would’ve stopped that asteroid that’s gonna hit us in 2032? Do we care?”

The filmmaker also provided hypothetical scenarios of deportees who might have made significant contributions, including someone who “might’ve gone on to write the sequel to the beautiful and haunting song, ‘Hallelujah’” or a young girl who “would’ve one day grown up to be the scientist who discovered the cure for cancer.”

Critics have pointed out that Moore appears to conflate legal and illegal immigration in his arguments, as Steve Jobs was the son of a legal Syrian immigrant, not an illegal immigrant. Additionally, border czar Tom Homan has stated that ICE is focusing on the “worst of the worst” - including murderers, child rapists, and gang members - rather than potential scientific geniuses.