Thank you for articulating this!

We're all susceptible to this "it won't affect me, because <insert-reason-here>" kind of thinking. Dimensions like "level of education", wealth, etc. don't really factor into it.

Exhibit A: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79zxjj0j55o

excerpt below (Gabriela is an undocumented immigrant):

Some, like Gabriela, believe it won't impact them at all.

"I'm not scared at all, actually," she said. "That's for criminals to worry about. I pay taxes, and I work."

"In any case, I'm undocumented," she added. "[So] how would they even know about me?"