Trump Targets Democrat-Enabled Crime, by J.B. Shurk

Both parties are filled with fools and knaves, but the Democrats’ philosophy amounts to an endorsement of criminality by both the public and private sectors. The Republicans are not quite as overt. From J.B. Shurk at americanthinker.com:

Pithy social critic David Burge said it best: “Journalism is about covering important stories — with a pillow, until they stop moving.”  

One of the important stories that “journalists” are covering up today is the Trump administration’s increasingly successful efforts to combat violent crime.  At the end of July, the Department of Homeland Security released a report showing that violent crime rates had dropped significantly during the first six months of President Trump’s second term.  Homicides were down 17%; gun assaults were down 21%; aggravated assaults were down 10%; sexual assaults were down 10%; and carjackings were down 24%.  These reductions appear to have continued through the end of the year.  

Assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin was blunt in her assessment of the administration’s success: “Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, our law enforcement is working at lightning speed to remove violent criminal illegal aliens from the U.S.  Every single day we are arresting gang members, murderers, pedophiles, and violent predators.  Seventy percent of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens who have been convicted or charged with a crime.  These arrests and deportations of criminal illegal aliens are having real impact on public safety.”

It turns out that going after criminals whose transgressions against the American public include having illegally entered the country is an effective strategy for reducing violent crimes.  This seems like common sense.  Foreign nationals who do not respect America’s immigration laws should not be expected to respect other laws once they are here.  

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