Comments today on the Brother Wease Radio show brought the WBP's attention to this issue and the "data" being circulated by Congressman Steve King. King has recently made comments that places all out blame for a quarter of the nation's murders on illegal aliens. I did a quick search for the story expecting to find many refuting and tearing holes in Congressman King's argument, instead I found this one. I reccomend you read the entire article but I felt compelled to highlight a particular section as the publication seems to pay no mind to the fact that no federal entity has done an official study on the rate of murders by illegal aliens:
"But the carnage wrought by illegal alien murderers represents only a fraction of the pool of blood spilled by American citizens as a result of an open border and
un-enforced immigration laws." That's right, carnage, a giant pool
of blood.
What King is suggesting is that out of a total of roughly 16,000 murders a year in the United States 25% of those murders are committed by illegal aliens, a group which accounts for about 7% of the population.
I don't know if I am more discouraged by King, the voters who supported him (this is the same guy who called Joseph McCarthy an American hero), the author of the article and the editor who cleared it or the people involved in the creation and reading of the article that actually believe these outrageous claims.
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