{"id":2251967,"date":"2024-05-24T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T12:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/someone-tell-democrats-100-percent-of-illegal-immigrants-commit-crimes\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T08:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T12:35:39","slug":"someone-tell-democrats-100-percent-of-illegal-immigrants-commit-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/someone-tell-democrats-100-percent-of-illegal-immigrants-commit-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats need to be aware that all illegal immigrants have a criminal record"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsomeone-tell-democrats-100-percent-of-illegal-immigrants-commit-crimes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This week, Democratic Senator Chris \u200dMurphy\u2064 highlighted \u2062the lower \u200bcrime\u200c rates among immigrants compared to native-born Americans. He emphasized \u200bthe\u200b importance of acknowledging facts \u2062in a speech on \u2063the Senate floor. Murphy&#8217;s remarks came amidst debates on border security and immigration policies\u200b in the Senate. Democratic\u2063 Senator Chris Murphy recently addressed\u2063 the\u200b Senate, emphasizing \u2063the \u200clower \u200bcrime rates of immigrants compared to\u200d native-born Americans. He advocated for recognizing factual information in discussions surrounding border security and immigration policies. Murphy&#8217;s remarks provided \u200dinsight into the ongoing debates within the Senate on these\u200c critical issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>This week, Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy argued on the Senate floor that actually, you\u2019re \u201cstatistically safer\u201d living in an immigrant neighborhood because immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than native-born Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you choose to want to believe the facts or not, that is not my decision, it\u2019s your decision,\u201d the senator from Connecticut said. \u201cBut immigrants commit crimes in this country at a rate lower than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-election-chief-on-14th-amendment-in-trump-eligibility-debate-you-cant-enforce-it\/\" title=\"Arizona's Election Chief says enforcing the 14th Amendment in Trump's eligibility debate is impossible.\">natural-born citizens<\/a>. You may not believe that \u2026 but I hate to tell you, it is the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1640505527\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b29da0374b5a71c4b74a7e3fa8d462e1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b29da0374b5a71c4b74a7e3fa8d462e1\"><\/div>\n<p>His comments came not just amid President Joe Biden\u2019s unprecedented and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-condemn-biden-admin-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers condemn Biden admin. over border crisis\">ongoing border crisis<\/a> but ahead of Senate Republicans\u2019 second attempt so far this year to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-warns-biden-against-election-year-gimmicks-with-border-actions\/\" title=\"Johnson cautions Biden on border actions, warns against election year tricks\">bipartisan border security bill<\/a> to address what <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/1793448462651957281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Murphy called<\/a> a \u201cfake \u2018immigrant crime wave\u2019\u201d designed to \u201cbreed fear and resentment of immigrants.\u201d The bill failed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"BRHnCZle2MgyVSQ4qvyGUi95cbwLrR8Px9eTMa6uDvrXhlFttXhi3VYfUams0bSdODgN1KOj1qxPYpofIkLIoJACdGps086uj7\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrat Senator Chris Murphy: \u201cImmigrants commit crimes in this country at a rate lower than natural born citizens. If you want a safe town or a safe neighborhood, you are better off if you have immigrants.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YULH0bCu46\">pic.twitter.com\/YULH0bCu46<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1793688704269332942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>What should we make of Murphy\u2019s little speech? The notion that immigrants are somehow more upstanding and law-abiding than people born in the United States is an old argument that Democrats and slack-jawed libertarians trot out every time Republican lawmakers try to fix the border or raise any objections to illegal immigration. But since Murphy \u2014 who, let\u2019s be clear, has never lived in an immigrant neighborhood \u2014 trotted out the argument this week, let\u2019s address it head-on.<\/p>\n<p>The first problem is conflating legal and illegal immigrants. Setting aside whether we should increase or decrease the number of <em>legal<\/em> immigrants, or whether\u00a0legal\u00a0immigration is a net positive for the country, there\u2019s no question that 100 percent of <em>illegal<\/em> immigrants commit crimes. Every single one of them commits a crime the moment they illegally cross the international border between the United States and Mexico. Even those who claim asylum only do so as part of formal removal proceedings \u2014 removal, because no matter their particular background or reason for coming to America, they have unlawfully entered the U.S., and as soon as they\u2019re arrested by Border Patrol their deportation process begins.\u00a0Adjudicating asylum claims is part of that process, not an exemption from it.<\/p>\n<p>At least that\u2019s how the law is supposed to work. The Biden administration has found creative ways to ignore or bypass U.S. immigration law, but the fact remains that it\u2019s illegal to enter the country except through a port of entry, and if you sneak in between ports of entry then you\u2019re committing a crime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e96e7463347d1daf3f74c91a9e74e904 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e96e7463347d1daf3f74c91a9e74e904\"><\/div>\n<p>Why is this important? Because the studies that Democrats like Murphy and the open-borders crowd at places like the CATO Institute often cite conflate legal and illegal immigrants, which skews the data and gives the misimpression that <em>all<\/em> immigrants are somehow better and more upstanding people than American citizens. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/siepr.stanford.edu\/news\/mythical-tie-between-immigration-and-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 2023 Stanford study<\/a> found that since 1960, immigrants have been less likely to be incarcerated than those born in the U.S. and that immigrants haven\u2019t committed more crimes than the native-born population since 1870.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the Stanford study found that since 2005, Mexican and Central American immigrants actually do have higher incarceration rates than native-born Americans. This is because the U.S. Census data the researchers relied on didn\u2019t distinguish between \u201ccriminal acts\u201d and \u201cimmigration-related offenses,\u201d as the researchers put it, as if there\u2019s a difference between the two. (For what it\u2019s worth, the relevant data suggest illegal immigrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairus.org\/issue\/illegal-immigration\/scaap-data-suggest-illegal-aliens-commit-crime-much-higher-rate-citizens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">do commit crimes at a much higher rate<\/a> than both legal immigrants and the native-born.)<\/p>\n<p>But set all that aside for a minute. Let\u2019s posit for the sake of argument that Murphy is right, that immigrants \u2014 legal and illegal \u2014 commit fewer crimes than the native-born U.S. population. Is that a good reason to do nothing in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-sheriffs-call-on-biden-to-finish-trumps-border-wall-stop-gangs-guns-dangerous-drugs-entering-u-s\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Sheriffs Call On Biden To Finish Trump\u2019s Border Wall, Stop \u2018Gangs, Guns, Dangerous Drugs\u2019 Entering U.S.\">mass illegal immigration<\/a>? Some 10 million foreign nationals have illegally entered the country since Joe Biden took office. We\u2019ve imported a whole new population from every corner of the world, one that will change America for generations to come no matter what policies we put in place now or in the future. Many of these foreign nationals, whatever their criminal history or lack thereof, are here to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s why that\u2019s a problem: No one asked American voters if they wanted this new population. Americans had no say whatsoever about a seismic shift in our country\u2019s makeup that didn\u2019t have to happen. Why <em>did<\/em> it happen? Several reasons, most salient among them is a desire on the part of Democrats to reconstitute what they hope will be a majority coalition that will keep them in power. They\u2019re losing the support of historic Democratic voting blocs, namely blacks and Hispanics and the white working class, and their hope is that these voters can be replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-infrastructure-bill-rewards-states-with-more-immigrants-report\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Infrastructure Bill Rewards States With More Immigrants: Report\">newly arrived immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4888470c65d94f5ad4e98f53e72d767b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4888470c65d94f5ad4e98f53e72d767b\"><\/div>\n<p>On an even more basic level, mass illegal immigration is a serious problem because it compromises our integrity and coherence as a nation. America isn\u2019t just an idea \u2014 despite what liberals and many self-styled conservatives might think. America is primarily a people with a recognizable culture, language, customs, folkways, and traditions. Most Americans would like to preserve these things and pass them on to our children. Importing millions of foreigners from all over the world will destroy all that. It will change the character of the nation in a sudden, jarring, and artificial way. Objecting to that prospect isn\u2019t racist or bigoted, it\u2019s natural and patriotic.\u00a0As Americans, we have a right to demand an end to illegal immigration \u2014 and also to demand that <em>legal<\/em> immigration serve the interests of the American people, not the millions of foreigners who want to come here.<\/p>\n<p>Understood in that light, why should we care whether immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than the native-born? Even if every illegal immigrant who sneaks over the border is a doctor or a scientist or a hard-working entrepreneur who just wants to come to America for a better life, at this point I don\u2019t care. If we\u2019re going to be a country and a people, not just consumers or cogs for global capital, then we can\u2019t allow millions of people from other countries and cultures to pour over our border and into every corner of America.<\/p>\n<p>So the next time schoolmarmish politicians like Murphy scold us about being inferior to immigrants because we\u2019re more likely to commit crimes, the proper response should be: I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m an American. This is my country. Close the border.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-53ba1e3d1723231419512aa3b359b788 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-53ba1e3d1723231419512aa3b359b788\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, stated on the Senate floor that living in an immigrant neighborhood makes you statistically safer. 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