Was Trump really that far off?

[Bill the Cat]

Source: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/07/donald-trump-was-right.php

..Illegal immigrants are no more prone to criminality than anyone else. Is that claim true? If we assume there are 11 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S.–that is a commonly cited number, but over 3% of our population should commit around 3% of all crimes.

Data on convictions for federal offenses are available at the*U.S. Sentencing Commission’s*web site. Senate committee staff have analyzed those data, and found that “38 percent of federal convictions in FY 2013 were of illegal immigrants, and nearly 43 percent were legal or illegal immigrants.” That is more than ten times the number that would be expected if illegal immigrants were, on the average, as law-abiding as the rest of us. This is a more detailed breakdown:

Illegal immigrant convictions in FY13 represented:

* 18 percent of drug trafficking convictions
* 25 percent of kidnapping/hostage taking convictions
* 56 percent of drug possession convictions
* 15 percent of money laundering convictions
* 20 percent of national security convictions
* 7 percent of murder convictions

So illegals are overrepresented with regard to these crimes by anywhere from two to 17 times.

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[seer]

No he wasn't...

[KingsGambit]

I'm not sure why Republicans would support him, though, given that he is a very enthusiastic supporter of eminent domain for private businesses. I don't think he's much of a conservative.

[seer]

I'm not sure why Republicans would support him, though, given that he is a very enthusiastic supporter of eminent domain for private businesses. I don't think he's much of a conservative.

Eminent domain is not a pressing issue.

[KingsGambit]

Eminent domain is not a pressing issue.

Tell that to Vera Coking.

[Cow Poke]

I'm not sure why Republicans would support him, though, given that he is a very enthusiastic supporter of eminent domain for private businesses. I don't think he's much of a conservative.

He definitely stirs the pot. And somebody LIKE him (though, at this point, I can't say it's him) would be good to go to DC and stand up to the corruption on both sides, kick some butt and take names....

[Catholicity]

Realistically here's my frustration with Donald Trump. He seems sort of "out of touch" with issues. I'm not a fan of illegal immigration but this country has been founded on immigrants, so something needs to be done. We do need someone to stand up to corruption and while Trump is willing, I'm fairly certain he's had his share of corruption. I do not believe he would do well with our social service issues. And I tend to think it would be one of those "we would vote against him just because he's Donald Trump" kinda things.

[Sparko]

His hair is too ridiculous for me to take him seriously.

[Cerebrum123]

His hair is too ridiculous for me to take him seriously.

You mean that isn't a gopher on his head?

[Sparko]

You mean that isn't a gopher on his head?

No. Just the worst comb-over in the history of the world. You would think someone that rich could afford a hair transplant.

[Zymologist]

His hair is too ridiculous for me to take him seriously.

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[Sparko]

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[Cow Poke]

and he's for abortion

[Sparko]

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[Spartacus]

2015: the year Republicans, for some reason, forgot everything they knew about Donald Trump and took him seriously as a presidential candidate, if only for a few weeks.