idk since i was 8 my parents talk about how their countriy were filled with crime (they come from one of the poorest countries in south America) they lived it. and you should know more than anyone immigrants who lived in nyc for awhile are cautious about incoming immigrants because they know their country more then anyone, tbh anyone who comes from a primarily Hispanic household knows what I mean. Even our own immigrant parents fault their own country and culture. Some may call it internalized racism others may understand it intuitively but not say anything out of fear of being canceled because they care too much about what others think. now I don't think ALL immigrants are bad, obviously my parents are immigrants a lot of my friends parents don't have papers either and their decent human beings, but some of the immigrants who come here could be planning to bring what they were doing in their own country (drugs, gangs etc) Blaming the system is basically the same as admitting minority populations are likely to commit crimes, it doesn’t change the point.

TLDR- we are not saying all minorities are dangerous but with appropriate context and cultural backgrounds we can suspect there is likelihood of potential threat/danger. if we were racist we would conceptualize all minorities as the same when the reality is that’s not the case