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applegrove

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Fri Mar 1, 2024, 06:27 PM Mar 2024

Trump's 'Migrant Crime Wave' Doesn't Exist [View all]

Trump’s ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Doesn’t Exist

February 29, 2024 at 12:54 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 242 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/29/trumps-migrant-crime-wave-doesnt-exist/

"SNIP........

“When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about ‘migrant crime,’ a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country,” NBC News reports.

“But despite the former president’s campaign rhetoric, expert analysis and available data from major-city police departments show that despite several horrifying high-profile incidents, there is no evidence of a migrant-driven crime wave in the United States.”

.........SNIP"

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