Illegal Immigration – Terrorism Nexus Debunked

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The anti-immigration forces have long pushed the myth that cracking down on illegal immigration is necessary to stop terrorism from seeping into the United States.

They might want to tell the Department of Homeland Security about their game plan. According to a new study that analyzed millions of records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, only 0.0015 percent of cases filed in immigration courts by the Department of Homeland Security have had anything to do with terrorism. Only 0.014 percent pertained to national security.

The rest were mundane immigration cases. According to the study, 85 percent of the charges involved infractions such as not having a valid immigrant visa, overstaying a student visa, or entering the United States without an inspection.

So the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration department is protecting our country from over-ambitious graduate students instead of terrorists. Unless there really aren’t any terrorists trying to sneak in across the southwestern desert, in which case someone might want to fact-check Michelle Malkin.

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