re: There is no border crisis: Federal Statistics Edition

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You made it look like 90+% of these arrests were for these offenses, but you cut off the first part of the sentence:

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I did not. I copied and pasted the whole thing directly from the page with no edits. That's just how it copied over, not seeing it that way on the original document I didn't bother proof-reading it. Live and learn, I guess.

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OF COURSE most FEDERAL arrests are along the border! That's where the FEDS patrol. They aren't working the streets in Kansas.

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If this were true we should see similar results along our northern border.

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Did you miss the part you quoted where it says that, by far, the most common reason for the arrests was immigration offenses, NOT violent crime.

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Did you miss the part where I made no claim about "violent" crime? The fact that they are here illegally is a crime.

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So what it really means is that of the people arrested for those offenses, 90+% were convicted. From the first part you quoted, each of these serious offenses comprised less than 16% of the total arrests.


I know, I know, even one crime committed by an illegal is too many, but frick man don't twist the facts.

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Everything you've quoted are direct quotes I've pulled from the statistics, not my own words. In other words, you're blaming me for someone else's writing.

Wow.

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In both scenarios, the people in favor of allowing the illegals in lose the argument

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If we could reduce the burden on the prison and criminal court system I would say that’s a win.

Built it.

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These are the kind of objective facts that define a case. We need more of this and less opinion crap. Here, we see a clear epidemic problem

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Not much different than saying "90% of all immigration related federal arrests happen along the southern border" -- might be true but it's a disingenuous argument.

Nearly 8 in 10 (77% or 115,881) federal arrests in 2016 were for immigration, drug, or supervision violations. Forty-five percent of federal arrests in FY 2016 involved an immigration offense as the most serious arrest offense"

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I did not. I copied and pasted the whole thing directly from the page with no edits. That's just how it copied over, not seeing it that way on the original document I didn't bother proof-reading it. Live and learn, I guess.

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I edited my post after realizing it did the same to me.

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If this were true we should see similar results along our northern border.

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Doubtful, but the Canadians might!