LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― If you want to reduce the national debt, you should allow in more immigrants, both legal and illegal. And if you want to lower the country’s crime rate, you should allow in even more immigrants of both categories. Advertisement“Look at how much of a benefit it can be,” said David Bier, an immigration policy researcher at Cato. Legal immigrants have an even lower crime rate: just 26% of native-born Americans. AdvertisementLeavitt opened her briefing on Feb. 5 with a lengthy diatribe suggesting that illegal immigrants are responsible for much of the country’s crime.

Source: Huffington Post February 13, 2026 15:20 UTC