N.Y. Justice Dem: White Male Terrorism Is ‘Biggest Issue’ in US freebeacon.com/issues/n-y-jus…
"There's no evidence that the crime in this country, particularly the heinous crime, is committed by our immigrant neighbors." Bowman said. "The biggest issue in our country is white male domestic terrorism,..... and that's what we need to deal with straight away."
Responding to the criticism that Democrats are weak on borders, Bowman claimed that "99.9 percent of our immigrant neighbors that come here, come here in peace and come here looking for asylum."
He touted an open borders policy, arguing that "so-called immigrants are coming" into the United States "because we were in their backyards causing havoc and destruction in their homes."
Bowman is just wrong...In its most recent quarterly Alien Incarceration Report, the Department of Homeland Security noted that 38,391 known or suspected aliens were in federal custody as of March 31, 2018.
Of those in custody, more than 17,500 committed drug trafficking or other drug related offenses, nearly 1,500 committed weapons offenses, nearly 1,200 committed racketeering and continuing criminal enterprise offenses. More than 800 produced or distributed child pornography.
Bowman also misrepresented immigrants seeking asylum in the United States. According to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), only 20 percent of immigrants seeking asylum were found to be legitimate asylum seekers in 2017, up from 17 percent in 2016.
