Trump's Immigration Policies Made America Less Safe. Here's the Data.

Listen to just about any of former president Donald Trump's rallies, and you'll hear claims that President Joe Biden's border policies have made the country less safe. At a recent town hall, Trump said Biden is releasing murderers, "drug dealers, drug addicts, everybody" into the country. But new data reveal that Trump was the one whose immigration policies damaged the country's security. In fact, he released more convicted criminals into the United States than his successor. This is not to lend credence to Trump's efforts to demonize immigrants as dangerous or violent. Data from the Census Bureau shows that immigrants -- both legal and illegal -- are at least half as likely as citizens to be incarcerated for crimes committed in the United States. (This is why deporting everyone living here illegally would increase crime rates.)