An article in the Wall Street Journal this week was about the dramatic downswing in serious crimes (murder, robbery, car theft, etc) in the US. They quoted ‘expert’ after ‘expert’ with ideas on just why this was happening. That included everything from murderers killing murderers to a lowering of alcohol consumption. There was one paragraph on the fact that in some cities laws are being enforced and people are being put in jail.
One thing not mentioned, or even hinted at, is the fact that we have over the past year removed hundreds of thousands of criminals, gang bangers, killers, rapists, child molesters from the streets and returned them to the country from which they entered the US illegally. Wouldn’t it seem logical that the crime rate would head down if the criminals were removed?
The crime rate has been going up during the period that our nation’s border has been a sieve and illegals can just walk in and begin to carry out whatever crimes they want. It has gone down, a lot, since the border has been closed and (dare I say it) ICE has been on the streets and picking up criminals and sending then out of the country.
These killers aren’t just from Latin America but also from Africa and the Middle East. They come from cultures different from ours. When you grow up in countries built on narco terrorism and then come to another country, you bring that culture with you. If you take those folks off the streets, the cops are freed up to go after local criminals and keep them at bay.
If you come from a culture where gangs, thievery, murder, and mass killings, like in many African countries, then you bring that culture with you. If you come from areas like the middle east where ‘Death to America’ is a common chant, you bring that culture with you.
If you stop those people from coming, and remove those that are here, crime rates plummet. Why is this so hard to understand? You would think the WSJ could at least mention it.
JVH