The following AP story snippet is a prime example of fake news pushing a narrative:
Trump has claimed that people living in the U.S. illegally often commit crimes, but studies by social scientists and the libertarian Cato Institute reject that assertion. The studies show that states with higher shares of people living in the country illegally have lower violent crime rates.
While the “studies” show a lower violent crime rate, the story ignores the fact that being in the country illegally means that they are violating the law. This does not take another “study” to prove that they are 100% criminals. The people murdered, killed by drunk drivers and raped by illegal aliens should be zero. Justifying the porous borders to provide fraudulent votes for Democrats and cheap labor for Republicans is another example of how the political elite only care about their power.
President Trump is correct: every sovereign country should have effective borders. Our national security, economy and public safety are all at risk. And the media knows this. Which may be why this AP story did not have footnotes or hyperlinks to their assertions.
David DeGerolamo
