I was looking up footage of the ICE LA thing the other day and about 2/3 comments are just "HELL YEAH! THIS IS WHAT I VOTED FOR! KICK THESE CRIMINALS OUT!"
Holy shit 
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Oh they probably wouldn't, I'm just saying that I have seen this literal argument, that if the entity is trying to get rid of Palestinians why is their population increasing, as a way to refute the oppression of Palestinians pre-2023. So to use it in this case is just not a strong argument, because that isn't really a metric of oppression.
Much clearer to point out the increase in living conditions, education, employment opportunities, health care, transit, places of worship, cultural protections, political engagement, etc. and the decrease in street violence and poverty, in Xinjiang, which is something that absolutely at no time has ever occurred for Palestinians.
If you check out my comment history I've written more in depth responses on the subject, this was a passing comment to someone I didn't expect to really care. I see your point about raw population not being a strong argument, and I think z poster's response on relative population versus raw population is important to consider