The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.

Looks less and less like “worst of the worst” and has always been “brownest of the brown”.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Most people who are here without authorization entered legally and simply never left. Overstaying a visa is a serious infraction and can be grounds for being deported, but is not a crime.

    So it simply isn’t true to say that all these people are criminals.