15 January 2019

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. . . and from 'The Gray-Lady' New York Times on the same subject:

Trump Claims There Is a Crisis at the Border. What’s the Reality?

By JOE WARD and ANJALI SINGHVI
 
Three data points from a massive graphic that takes up half (columns 2-4) of today's N.Y. Times front page (by graphics editors Joe Ward and Anjali Singhvi):
  • "Illegal Immigration Is Near a 50-Year Low … In 2017, arrests for illegally crossing the border were at their lowest point since 1971. Undetected illegal border crossings have dropped at an even faster rate, according to estimates by the Department of Homeland Security."
  • "But Families Are Coming in Record Numbers ... A record number of families have tried to cross the border in recent months, overwhelming officials at the border and creating a new kind of humanitarian crisis."
  • "Studies Have Found No Link Between Immigration and Crime ... The Cato Institute, a libertarian research center, analyzed ... Texas data for 2015 and found that the rate of crime among undocumented immigrants was generally lower than among native-born Americans."
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