While Illegal Aliens Kill and Rape, Bogus Crime Comparisons Still Blunt Solutions
Border hawks should disengage from the crime-rate debate – every one of these crimes is preventable
By Todd Bensman on July 17, 2024
Advocates of a borderless United States – those who will do or say anything to maintain unimpeded illegal mass migration – demand that Americans deny an especially resonant consequence of that migration: illegal border crossers who murder, kill with drunk driving, rape, rob and beat their hosts.
In their arguments for continued releases into the country of illegal border-crossing strangers, libertarian and progressive activists always point to “studies” that compare crime rates for illegal aliens to those for U.S. citizens and conclude that Americans commit as much or more crime than the illegal immigrants. Media writers and pundits on the open-borders side parrot the “studies” to argue against detention and deportation proposals that would reduce illegal alien crime on the grounds that the main danger to address are U.S. citizen criminals and, while you’re at it, let the border flows continue unimpeded since that population is less worrisome.
“No, Illegal Migrants Aren’t Fueling a Crime Wave”, reads the June 26 headline of a Bloomberg column by Justin Fox in a typical argument against illegal immigration enforcement.
“Migrant Crime Wave Not Supported by Data, Despite High-Profile Cases”, the headline of a February 15 New York Times report states, in another attempt to blunt recent demands for border enforcement.
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