Chris Murphy Calls Migrant Crime a Fake Problem, Urges Rebuilding ICE as 80% Back Deportations
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Chris Murphy Calls Migrant Crime a Fake Problem, Urges Rebuilding ICE as 80% Back Deportations
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Summary
Murphy said Republican claims that mass immigration makes the U.S. physically unsafe are a “fake problem,” arguing immigrants and undocumented migrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans.
In a CT Mirror interview sparked by ICE arrests of parents at a Danbury bus stop, he said the real failure is a system that looks lawless—leaving legal applicants waiting years while some border crossers remain for years.
Murphy also said Democrats should “tear down ICE and rebuild it,” contending the agency’s current form should not survive a future Democratic presidency or Congress.
0.75% of immigrant men are imprisoned versus more than 2% of U.S.-born men ages 18 to 59, economist Daniel Di Martino said, while arguing deportations and country-of-origin differences complicate Murphy’s broader claim.
The Department of Homeland Security rejected Murphy’s criticism, saying 80% of Americans support arresting and deporting criminal illegal immigrants and citing sharp rises in assaults, vehicular attacks and death threats against ICE officers.