Posted on 05/22/2025 5:02:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Democrats actively oppose the Trump administration’s efforts to arrest and deport illegal immigrants, despite the administration’s focus on those with criminal histories.
To support their opposition, Democrats frequently claim, almost as an article of faith, that illegal immigrants are less prone to commit crime. “The crime rate among immigrants is far lower than the crime rate among native-born Americans,” New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler asserted confidently. “So the whole issue is wrong.”
“Immigrants commit crimes in this country at a rate lower than natural-born citizens,” added Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy. “So, if you want a safe town or a safe neighborhood, you are better off if you have immigrants.”
Speaking on the Senate floor last year, Murphy added, “Whether you choose to want to believe the facts or not, that is not my decision, it’s your decision, but…but it is the truth.”
This tenet is incessantly parroted by the legacy news media. Sample headline, this one from ABC News: “No, migrants are not driving a surge in violent crime as Trump claims.” ABC asserted that crime in this country is declining despite an influx of illegal immigrants.
This barrage has achieved its intended goal: A McLaughlin & Associates survey commissioned by the Crime Prevention Research Center on April 29, 2025, reveals that 41.6% of voters believe illegal immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens, compared to 33.3% who think otherwise.
Like most issues, U.S. public opinion on this question has a demographic and partisan component. Only men, Republicans, conservatives, whites, and those aged 41 to 55 believe illegal immigrants commit more crimes. The majority of young voters (18-29), Democrats, liberals, and African Americans most strongly assert that illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes.
But is this “the truth”? Are these “the facts”?
The data suggests that the answer is pretty clearly “no.”
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Hmmmmmm...... Let’s see..... If they are illegal trespassers, I believe the math works out to a crime rate of..... about... 100%.
John Lott does good work in the article, showing how the Left lies with statistics in this claim.
They conflate legal with illegal immigrants, dumping them all together, to downplay crimes committed by illegal immigrants.
Keep in mind, besides being leftists saying this stuff, they are on the payroll of the drug gangs and cartels.
Just look at the police blotter in our local, Northern Virginia, weekly newspaper. It’s pretty clear who’s doing what.
““Immigrants commit crimes in this country at a rate lower than natural-born citizens,”
I hear this said often. It’s a lie. First of all, they combine illegal aliens and legal immigrants as if there is no difference. Illegal aliens, by definition are breaking the law.
I’m sure true legal immigrants are careful to obey laws because they’ve worked hard for the right to immigrate to our nation and pursue the American dream. Illegal aliens probably commit more crimes, in addition to being here illegally, than both legal immigrants and American born citizens.
Heck, just watch one as they drive down a highway. They break every traffic law written in just a few miles.
Maybe 10 years ago, FBI reports claimed illegal aliens killed (all cause) 25 people per day in the US.
So they stopped keeping track and that problem went away.
Snitches get stitches. Boom! There’s yer under-reported crimes
Completely anecdotal, but I know the local newspaper stopped reporting the list of charged crimes and arrests when the majority of the named people had four or more names each, close to actual sentence length. I always joked that it was to save newspaper ink and inches but now I wonder. The majority of the names were Hispanic.
Freegards
Don’t report the MESSY-CANS!
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
bkmk
100% of illegals aliens is a criminal.
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