Arizona GOP Governor Jan Brewer: We are a nation of laws. And they are coming across our border illegally. And the majority of them in my opinion and I think in the opinion of law enforcement is that they are not coming here to work. They are coming here and they’re bringing drugs. And they’re doing drop houses and they’re extorting people and they’re terrorizing the families. That is the truth, Matt. That is the truth.
Anytime you have to say "That is the truth" you know you're already on shaky ground. When you have to say it twice, you're most likely lying. Brewer is lying. Recently released FBI crime statistics show that despite an increase in illegal immigration, “Arizona is in the midst of a years-long decline in violent crime that pre-dates SB 1070.” Over a century of research shows that immigrants are actually less likely to commit crimes than their U.S.-born counter-parts. And when Tim Wadsworth, a professor of sociology at the University of Colorado, studied U.S. cities with more than 50,000 people he found that “the cities that experience the greatest growth in immigration were the same one that were experiencing the greatest declines in violent crime.” At least she didn't call them cockroaches.
Actually it's her Minutemen brethren who have been in the news for terrorizing (and murdering) families. Remember that?
ReplyDelete