No. of Recommendations: 7
But your larger point is that we should ignore illegal immigration because it might make it tougher to solve local crimes. Yeah, not so much. Maybe let's get rid of the violent illegals first and then perhaps just from that we'll see a reduction in other crimes. Things like drugs, gang activity, human trafficking, that sort of thing.
Yeah - I think that's his point, though. If illegal immigrants who are victims of crime run the risk of being found out and deported if they report the crime to the police, they're going to stop doing that. If illegal immigrants who are witnesses to crimes end up getting found out and deported when the defense cross-examines them, they're going to stop providing that information to the police. Which can make crimes like drugs, gang activity, human trafficking and that sort of thing more difficult to police.
When "snitches get stitches," it makes fighting crime harder. When "crime reported gets you deported," the same thing may happen.
