Daniel Di Martino
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“Things aren’t always great in Europe, but Europe is not one thing. Living in Greece, making the average salary of a Greek person, would be considered near poverty level in America. Living in Denmark, like an average Dane, is definitely fine, but they still earn much less than the average American,”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-21
Daniel Di Martino, born in Venezuela, spoke to Fox News Digital about unrealistic American notions regarding European life and earnings.
“Some aspects of quality of life in European countries are definitely better: Lower crime, better food. But on the basic reality of how much someone earns, Americans would be worse off moving to Europe.”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-21
Daniel Di Martino acknowledged some quality-of-life advantages in Europe but said Americans would be worse off financially moving there.
“The reason for this is simple: It is very hard to fire workers, so getting a job in the first place is difficult. And in most European countries other than Switzerland and the Baltics, taxes are very high for low and middle-income workers to pay for so-called universal healthcare and pensions for a larger elderly population.”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-21
Daniel Di Martino explained that strict labor protections and high taxes in Europe make finding work difficult and reduce earnings.
“Among immigrants, it is Hondurans who have the highest imprisonment rate at 1.7% of their men in jail. Mexicans also have a higher imprisonment rate than White men at 1.4%. Europeans, South Americans, and Asian immigrants all have very low crime rates,”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Di Martino noted that crime rates among immigrants vary by country of origin.
“Indian men specifically are the group with the lowest imprisonment rate among all large immigrant origins with barely 0.09% of them in jail, likely because the majority of Indian immigrants are high-skilled immigrants on H-1B visas or already have green cards or citizenship through employment.”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Di Martino pointed out that Indian men have the lowest imprisonment rate among large immigrant origin groups.
“Since most crimes are committed by career criminals who reoffend after release, non-citizens do not get as many chances to reoffend as native-born Americans. This is a good thing and criminal non-citizens should be deported.”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Di Martino argued that non-citizens get fewer chances to reoffend because criminal non-citizens are deported.
“But the crime gap between immigrants and natives in the United States hides an important fact: Immigrants who commit a crime tend to be deported and thus cannot reoffend,”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Di Martino argued that the crime gap hides the fact that immigrants who commit crimes tend to be deported and cannot reoffend.
“It is true that the average immigrant, legal or illegal, is less likely to commit crime. For example, while according to the census' latest five-year American Community Survey over 2% of [A]merican-born between 18 and 59 years old are imprisoned, only 0.75% of immigrant men are,”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Di Martino acknowledged that immigrants are less likely to commit crime but cited census data on imprisonment rates.
“You cannot start a business, you cannot feed your family, therefore you die, or you flee.”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Daniel Di Martino detailed the severe consequences of state control over the economy.
“The common denominator is that they destroy free enterprise,”
Daniel Di Martino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Daniel Di Martino explained how communist regimes eliminate free enterprise.