WATCH: Bill O'Reilly Thoroughly Debunk the Frequently Cited 'Only 14% of Illegals Are Violent'

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WATCH: Bill O'Reilly Thoroughly Debunk the Frequently Cited 'Only 14% of Illegals Are Violent' Argument Leftists Use Against Deportation

 By Samuel Short
  February 13, 2026 at 11:33am
Longtime conservative talk show stalwart Bill O’Reilly just put to rest one of the left’s favorite talking points about illegal immigration – “Only 14 Percent of Illegals Are Violent.”

Daily Caller reporter Jason Cohen posted an exchange between O’Reilly and host of the “Sid and Friends in the Morning” show Sid Rosenberg to social media platform X Thursday where the two spoke about the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in getting dangerous criminals off the streets.

“How about the lies that the media continues to feed to the public about how many actual dangerous people ICE has put away?” Rosenberg asked.

“So, the Democratic Party is now using only 14 percent of ICE detainees are violent criminals. How many times have you heard that?”

“So, here’s the con,” O’Reilly said. “Drug dealing is not considered a violent crime. Child pornography, not considered.

https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-bill-oreilly-thoroughly-debunk-frequently-cited-14-illegals-violent-argument-leftists-use-deportation/

[Smokin Joe]

Anyone who trusts numbers from a Democrat or Democrat mouthpiece is a fool.

You know they have been gamed in some way.

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[Lando Lincoln]

Anyone who trusts numbers from a Democrat or Democrat mouthpiece is a fool.

You know they have been gamed in some way.

And math challenged, perhaps intentionally. When Katie Couric was laughing incredulously (don’t you love when a liberal deploys “The Laugh”) with Rand Paul, she cited “only 14 percent of the 400,000 were violent”.  That’s 56,000 by her statement which feels entirely different.