Posted on 03/02/2007 5:18:13 AM PST by alienken
More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war, study says Jim Brown
February 22, 2007
Illegal aliens are killing more Americans than the Iraq war, says a new report from Family Security Matters that estimates some 2,158 murders are committed every year by illegal aliens in the U.S. The group says that number is more than 15 percent of all the murders reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the U.S. and about three times the representation of illegal aliens in the general population.
Mike Cutler, a former senior special agent with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (the former INS), is a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and an advisor to Family Security Matters (FSM). He says the high number of Americans being killed by illegal aliens is just part of the collateral damage that comes with tolerating illegal immigration.
"The military actually called for the BORTAC team, ... the elite unit of the Border Patrol, to be detailed to Iraq to help to secure the Iraqi border," Cutler notes. "Now, if our military can understand that Iraq's security depends in measure on the ability to protect its border against insurgents and terrorists, then why isn't our country similarly protecting our own borders?" he asks.
"We are now five and a half years, nearly, after 9/11, and yet our borders remain open," the Center for Immigration Studies fellow observes. "We have National Guardsmen assigned on the border, but it turns out they are unarmed," he points out. "Their rules of engagement are very simple: if armed intruders head your way, run in the other direction."
This situation would "almost be comical if it wasn't so tragic," Cutler asserts. "If our borders are wide open, this means that drugs, criminals, and terrorists are entering our country just as easily as the dishwashers," he says.
The report from FSM estimates that the 267,000 illegal aliens currently incarcerated in the nation are responsible for nearly 1,300,000 crimes, ranging from drug arrests to rape and murder. Such statistics, Cutler contends, debunk the claim that illegal immigration is a victimless crime. "Then we even have another problem," he adds, "and that's the Visa Waiver Program."
The federal government's Visa Waiver Program enables nationals of certain countries to travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa. According to the U.S. State Department website, the waiver program was established in 1986 with the objective of "eliminating unnecessary barriers to travel," stimulating America's tourism industry, and allowing the government to focus consular resources in other areas.
Cutler says the U.S. retains the Visa Waiver Program because the nation's travel, tourism, and hospitality industries want America's borders wide open. In other words, the former INS official contends, the nation's security is being compromised in the name of trade.
If you want to see the origin and the methodology of this "study", google "Mac Johnson"+"2158 murders"
Are they banana peppers? I love those fresh or pickled.
Wait! Wasn't there a study the other day that said illegals didn't have a high crime rate in America?
Worthless comparison. More people in the United States die by choking each year than are killed in the Iraq war too. So?
Yes, I grow them too. I never pickled them . I will look into that. Thanks ~P~
You mean it REALLY is Bush's fault? : )
Sounds like a lot of BS. If they weren't here illegally they wouldn't have to 'live that way'.
I see by the low volume of posts that you were right! :)
Hey, you are describing a bunch of US Senators.
Last time this was brought to your attention, DCProfiteer, your response was "YAWN". Still feel your uber liberal attitude has no consequences for real Americans?
There is a freeper (a very active one) who derides any freeper who points this out. Of course this same freeper has acknowledged that he has employed illegals with a clear conscience.
Pictures of top 10 most wanted in LA
Wanted for Murder in New York City.
Chicago wanted for Murder
New Orleans wanted for Murder
FBI USA 10 most wanted. (two of 10 are Mexican nationals
Remember that machete incident a few years back...
Enjoy while it lasts. There will be some in your neighborhood before you realize it.
I sure do.
ping
This big difference is not surprising, as the feds concentrate on border, immmigration and smuggling violations, and not on local robberies, murders, etc. So the 6% is a better measure of the national proportion of crimes committed by aliens (legal and illegal).
I talk on the phone to the director of statistics for the bureau of prisons. He said that the prisons were not allowed to distinguish between legal aliens and illegal aliens. That’s why the category reads non-residents. The feds are working hard not to let the public know the true stats on illegal alien murders.
The other thing the director mentioned was that most of the violent offenders —ie murderers are NOT in the federal prisons. They’re in the state prisons. The federal prisons mostly house narco trafficers and such.
The true numbers could be pulled up from individual stories in newspapers by an intrepid reporter with the right search tools.
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