Donald Trump Has It Right On Immigration
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump created a huge controversy with his comments about Mexico’s illegal immigrants to the US when he said that they are “bringing drugs” and “bringing crime” and include “rapists.”
Mr. Trump has drawn criticism across the political spectrum, including from some of his GOP presidential rivals.
However, there are strong reasons why he is on the right track with his views on illegal immigration, as follows;
1. The border is extremely porous: The United Nations reported that 97% of the illegal immigrants who enter the US clandestinely do so across the nearly 2,000-mi Mexican border, but only 20% of those who cross illegally are caught.
2. Illegal immigrants do bring crime: Of the 61,529 criminal cases initiated by federal prosecutors in Y 2013, more than 40% were filed in court districts neighboring the border. Nearly 22% were drug related, 19.7% were violent crimes, and 10.2% involved white-collar offenses.
3. Immigrants are killing Americans: According to the Center for Immigration Studies, 57% of the 76 fugitive murders wanted by the FBI in Y 2009 were foreign-born. The Center also disclosed that in Maricopa County in Arizona, 22% of felons are illegal immigrants.
4. Illegal immigrants pose a danger on the roads: About 4.5-M illegal aliens in the US drive on a regular basis, many without licenses or insurance or even the ability to read road signs written in English.
5. Statistics back up Mr. Trump’s charge that illegals bring drugs: In Pinal County, Arizona, about 70 mi from the Mexican border, Sheriff Paul Babeu said Marijuana seizures went from about 19,000 lbs in Y 2008 to more than 45,500 lbs in Y2010.
6. Many immigrants entering the country illegally have a criminal record in the US: In Y 2010, the Border Patrol reported that 212,000 illegals were caught in the Tucson, Arizona, and as many as 30% of them already had a criminal record in the US.
7. Many illegal alien convicts have been arrested multiple times: A Government Accountability Office study of 55,000 illegal aliens found that they were arrested at least 459,614 times, averaging about 8 arrests per alien, and 25% of them had 11 or more arrests.
8. Deportation of illegal immigrants does not keep them out of the country: Due to the wide-open Mexican border, the number of people prosecuted for coming into the country illegally after being deported has increased by 175% since Y 2005. The illegal alien recently accused of randomly murdering a woman in San Francisco had previously been deported 5 times.
9. The Mexican border is being used by illegals from other countries: Arrests by the Border Patrol of illegals from countries other than Mexico, particularly from Central America, increased from 59,000 in Y 2010 to 99,000 in Y 2012.
10. Immigrants are filling US jails: 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals, as are 40% of inmates in Arizona and 48% in New Mexico. And 75% of those on the most wanted criminals list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Albuquerque are illegal aliens.
11. Illegals do include rapist as Mr. Trump charged: Among many examples, an undocumented alien was arrested in Baltimore for raping a 9-yr-old girl. In Austin, Texas, police arrested 2 Mexican nationals who allegedly participated in the gang rape of a 13-yr girl in June.
12. Prominent figures agree with Mr. Trump on the dangers of illegal immigration: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said that while most people who cross the border come for economic reasons, “hidden with them, because they’re coming across unchecked, are people who rape, murder people, kill people and are terrorists.”
Retired neurosurgeon and GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said he agrees with Trump that sanctuary cities, who prohibit the use of municipal funds to enforce federal immigration laws, should be outlawed. “No sanctuary cites,” he said. “I think that’s ridiculous.”
Michael Cutler, who spent 30 years with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said Mr. Trump is “really igniting a firestorm that’s a long time coming.”
And GOP presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (TX), who represents a border state, said: “I salute Donald Trump for focusing on the need to address illegal immigration. The Washington cartel doesn’t want to address that. The Washington cartel doesn’t believe we need to secure the borders.”
13. Ordinary Americans agree with Mr. Trump: According to Rasmussen Reports, 63% of Americans want the US to gain control of the border. Bill Kristol, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard, said Mr. Trump “is an outsider who was saying some things that the establishment does not want to hear, that is resonating with voters.”
14. Relatives of victims know that mr. Trump is right: The mother of a teenager who was murdered by an illegal immigrant gang member, Army Sgt. Anita Shaw, praised Trump for “trying to do something about a failed immigration system.”
15. Even wealthy Mexicans agree with Mr. Trump: Reuben Navarette Jr. writes that Mexico’s elite, despite displaying “outrage” at Mr. Trump’s comments, often speak in the same way.
16. The Pew Research Center estimated that there are nearly 12-M illegal aliens in the nation, and the Key word is “estimated.” Mr. Trump made that point when he said that illegal immigration is “coming from more than Mexico. It is coming from all over Latin America, and it’s coming probably from the Middle East. But we do not know. Because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don’t know what’s happening. And it’s got to stop.”
Stay tuned…
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