Newsmax: 16 Reasons Donald Trump Is Not Wrong on Immigration

By Jim Meyers, Jul. 8, 2015, Newsmax/Reuters

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump created a firestorm of controversy with his comments about Mexican illegal immigrants, asserting that they are "bringing drugs" and "crime" and include "rapists."

To date, his Miss Universe pageant has been cut from Univision and NBC, he's been severed permanently from his top-rated "Apprentice" show on NBC, and dropped from endorsement deals with Macy's, the Professional Golfers' Association, NASCAR, and even Serta mattresses.

He has also drawn criticism across the political spectrum, including from some of his GOP presidential rivals.

But there are compelling reasons why the outspoken billionaire businessman is on the right track with his views on illegal immigration:

1. The border is extremely porous: The United Nations reported that 97 percent of the illegal immigrants who enter the U.S. clandestinely do so across the nearly 2,000-mile Mexican border, but only 20 percent of those who cross illegally are caught.

2. Illegal immigrants do bring crime: Of the 61,529 criminal cases initiated by federal prosecutors in 2013, more than 40 percent were filed in court districts neighboring the border. Nearly 22 percent were drug-related, 19.7 percent were violent crimes, and 10.2 percent involved white-collar offenses.

3. Immigrants are killing Americans: According to the Center for Immigration Studies, 57 percent of the 76 fugitive murderers wanted by the FBI in 2009 were foreign-born. The Center also disclosed that in Maricopa County in Arizona, 22 percent of felons are illegal immigrants.

4. Illegal immigrants pose a danger on the roads: About 4.5 million illegal aliens in the U.S. drive on a regular basis, many without licenses or insurance or even the ability to read road signs written in English, The New York Times reported. In Arizona, 63 percent of cited drivers have no license, no insurance, and no registration for the vehicle, and 97 percent of them are illegal aliens. Of the 188,380 deportations of illegal aliens in one recent year, 23 percent had committed criminal traffic offenses, primarily driving under the influence. Rep. Steve King of Iowa has estimated that illegal alien drunk drivers kill 13 Americans every day.

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