I’m a white American that lived in France for 7 years in grade school. It’s the only time I’ve experienced racism. I know that sounds ridiculous as a white man, but I was relentlessly targeted by North African immigrants for no other reason than being American. Immigration is an issue in France. People are coming but they are not integrating. They don’t follow the laws, they don’t view women as equals, they hate LGBT, they hate western ideals. So, as an American who believes immigration is a good thing in the States - I understand why the French want to lock that shit down.
I’m not trying to perpetuate “Arab bad”. And my experience is anecdotal but that doesn’t mean you can correct - it was still very much real.
Also as a side note. 1 in 3 is not good enough. Most people are risk adverse, give them 33% odds of something positive and they’ll tell you to shove it.