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I disagree with both of you because it IS interconnected. 

Starting as far back as the 1950's left wing crime policies started to take over.  There were a lot of aspects to this but generally lenient sentencing was one along with SCOTUS interpretations changing in a direction allowing a lot more to criminals and a lot less to government.  Miranda rights appeared out of nowhere.  The police were prohibited from using lethal force against fleeing felons.  At one point the death penalty was almost deemed unconstitutional and there were four votes on the SCOTUS for exactly that despite the death penalty being explicitly authorized by the constitution. 

Left wing crime policies made nearly every large city in America effectively unlivable. 

We had to spend literally trillions of dollars to build suburbs because the policies of our elites FORCED working people out of the cities. 

That started to turn around in the 1970's and by the 1990's it had reversed.  People saw the results of left wing policies and said "no thanks, I'd like to live."  NYC elected tough on crime republican and republican-turned-independent mayors in five consecutive elections.  Three strikes laws were passed in most states.  Criminal penalties were toughened up. 

Crime dropped and cities became livable again. 

Then people forgot why they started voting for tough-on-crime politicians and went back to the left wing policies and guess what? 

Chicago is a war zone.  Crime is skyrocketing.  Shocking, isn't it? 

One of my coworkers immigrated in his late teens from El Salvador... To South Central LA. In I'm guessing the late 80s / early 90s.

The helicopters didn't bother him. They were news choppers, not military-grade Sikorsky like at home.

The sound of distant gunfire didn't bother him. It was piddly little handguns, not fully automatic machine gun fire.

Perspective is everything, no?

My understanding is that immigrants like your coworker have almost completely displaced the previous population of South Central Los Angeles.

Here in south east Florida. There is a substantial population of both legal and illegal immigrants.

The majority are extremely hard-working people, they contribute substantially to the economy, and are very friendly and approachable.

There is also some percentage that are at the other end of the spectrum. Career, criminals, or gang members who contribute more to crime and other problems.

It’s always been about the vetting. Or lack there of.

A lot of Republican voters liked what Rep. Gaetz was saying:  return to the regular order budgeting process and no more giant pork saturated Omnibus bills just before Christmas.

Have you seen the Republican primary electorate in Florida? Gaetz checks all of their boxes. At minimum he's the Republican nominee in '28.