What Trump Said“Last year alone, our brave ICE officers arrested — listen to this number — more than 127,000 criminal aliens.”— at a campaign rally on Friday in IndianapolisThis requires context. While President Trump’s figure is accurate, it should be noted that most criminal charges against immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were nonviolent. In the 2017 fiscal year, the agency convicted nearly 106,000 immigrants and charged another 22,000. Of over 500,000 charges or convictions, 288,000, or more than half, were for traffic offenses, drug offenses or immigration violations. Everyone was talking about cutting the Social Security and all — I said we’re not touching your Social Security.”— at a campaign rally on Friday in Huntington, W.Va.

Source: New York Times November 03, 2018 03:22 UTC