That means you have to work in close cooperation with
the security agencies of Mexico, with the police, and with the
intelligence agencies of Mexico. That cooperation requires a very close
coordination between respected partners, and disrespecting the partners
of Mexico is the best way to damage the ability to intercept drugs that
are coming into the United States. We also know that the underlying premise of there being a flood of
Mexican immigrants coming into our country is false. A 2015 study from
the Pew Research Center found that between 2009 and 2014, there was a
net outflow of 140,000 Mexican immigrants from the United States. They
were migrating from the United States to Mexico, a net outflow. A more
recent Pew Study determined that the number of undocumented Mexican
immigrants in America has declined by more than 1 million since 2007. If you take the span during the Obama administration, there was an
outflow, not an inflow--the exact opposite of the story line the
President is presenting. What about those violent crimes being committed by undocumented
criminals? The data does not support the President. In fact, the New
York Times reported that ``several studies, over many years, have
concluded that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than people
born in the United States.'' Between 1980 and 2010, among men aged 18
to 49, immigrants were one-half to one-fifth as likely to be
incarcerated as those born in the United States. When you look closer, the attacks on immigrants fall apart, as I have
pointed out, but that is what authoritarian leaders do. They create a
false enemy, and they use the perception of that enemy to generate hate
and fear. They use that hate and fear to consolidate power.
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