Posted on 07/07/2015 8:12:48 PM PDT by smoothsailing
July 7, 2015
For the last week, I have intended to write about Donald Trump’s observation that some illegal immigrants are rapists–or, rather, about the crazed over-reaction to Trump’s undeniably true observation. We have written many times about outrages committed by illegals who should have been deported long before they finally committed crimes so horrific as to attract nationwide notice. Darron Wint and Francisco Sanchez are two recent instances of immigrants who would have been deported under any sane immigration system, but who, left undisturbed by the powers that be, eventually committed appalling murders. Many more such instances could be cited.
Open borders enthusiasts argue that these examples are irrelevant because illegal immigrants don’t commit more murders, rapes, or other crimes, per capita, than anyone else. But that argument misses the point: worthless bums like Wint and Sanchez are not in any respect random. They demonstrated years ago that they were incorrigible criminals. They should have been deported, but weren’t. Why? Because the Democratic Party believes it is a good thing for criminals who turned out to be cold-blooded murderers, like Wint and Sanchez, to live among us for the sake of diversity.
But let’s examine the assertion that illegal immigrants are no more prone to criminality than anyone else. Is that claim true? If we assume there are 11 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S.–that is a commonly cited number, but no one really knows–those illegals represent a little over 3% of our population and should commit around 3% of all crimes.
Data on convictions for federal offenses are available at the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s web site. Senate committee staff have analyzed those data, and found that “38 percent of federal convictions in FY 2013 were of illegal immigrants, and nearly 43 percent were legal or illegal immigrants.” That is more than ten times the number that would be expected if illegal immigrants were, on the average, as law-abiding as the rest of us. This is a more detailed breakdown:
Illegal immigrant convictions in FY13 represented:
* 18 percent of drug trafficking convictions
* 25 percent of kidnapping/hostage taking convictions
* 56 percent of drug possession convictions
* 15 percent of money laundering convictions
* 20 percent of national security convictions
* 7 percent of murder convictions
So illegals are overrepresented with regard to these crimes by anywhere from two to 17 times.
The Obama administration stopped enforcing our immigration laws, in violation of the president’s oath of office, because Obama believes it is a good thing for millions of illegals to flood across our borders. Even when illegals like Wint and Sanchez have demonstrated by their behavior that they are inveterate criminals, the Obama administration, aided and abetted by Democratic office-holders in “sanctuary” cities, will not lift a finger to deport them. As a result, the Obama administration and other Democrats who have supported the administration in its malfeasance are responsible for millions of crimes, including, as Donald Trump said, an unknown number of rapes. (Rape, like the overwhelming majority of murders, is a state law crime and is not reflected in the federal data.)
Immigration will be the biggest issue in the 2016 presidential race. Donald Trump won’t be the Republican candidate, but at least he understands why Americans are so angry at their government. And the Left’s effort to shut Trump up, aided by big business, should be a teachable moment.
Woo Hoo! Go Mr. Trump, Go!
You know what is really amusing?
So many pundits are saying that Trump will never be elected President; the same thing happened when Reagan was running in 1980!
Geraldo Lies again
I doubt that Trump will win the nomination. However, he is making the current conservative candidates scramble to respond to his diatribe. He is bringing up the questions that need to be put forwarded and forcing the more viable candidates to respond.
Way to go Trump.
I hadn’t thought about that, but you’re right!
FROM THE US SENTENCING COMMISSION WEBSITE:
CITIZENSHIP OF DRUG OFFENDERS IN EACH DRUG TYPE
And those numbers don’t count state convictions for crimes like rape, child abuse, drunk driving where a person was killed and many more crimes. I imagine in the border states illegal aliens convicted of state crimes fill their jails and prisons.
Yeah, but you can’t say it because-—— racis’.
Illegal immigrant crime is a useful tool for scaring the white middle class into voting to expand the power of the state. No leading power bloc will show much interest in reducing it - especially since their own are not likely to be directly affected. They all would prefer that Trump shut up about it.
Donald Trump Was Right
Yep.
Trump may not end up the 2016 candidate but he may well help pull the weeds from the garden.
He will win the nomination easily if he keeps going on the path he is going but its going to be hell. Enemies of this country will do everything they can to destroy him. Today TMZ released a story saying he is going to give illegals the right to stay here “on a system of merit”... This is a fake story released either by liberals or the RINOs. I suspect the RINOs. We are going to see a lot more of this crap in the coming weeks. They are going to try every conceivable method to destroy this guy...
This story is FAKE.. Trump NEVER said this....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3308867/posts
Thanks for the link and all the graphics! 8^)
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