Trump’s claim that immigrants bring ‘tremendous crime’ is still wrong
Immigration,Unauthorized Immigration
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AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
Trump earned Four Pinocchios the last time we looked into his claim that immigrants cause crime rates to rise in the United States. Fresh data and several new studies have been released since that fact-check in 2015, and we took another look at the body of knowledge to see how the president’s view holds up.
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