In his speeches and campaign rallies, the president frames illegal immigration primarily as a threat to public safety. NEW YORK POST: ACTUALLY, WE CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO BUILD THE WALLIt's true that some illegal immigrants are violent. In fact, researchers who have examined the relationship between illegal immigrants and crime have drawn wildly different conclusions. The Cato Institute found that illegal immigrants were less likely to commit murder, sexual assault and robbery than native-born Americans. Sentencing Commission suggest the opposite – that illegal immigrants were responsible for a disproportionate share of federal crimes between 2011 and 2016.

Source: Fox News March 16, 2019 09:56 UTC