NYT Says We Should Keep Criminal Aliens Here Because Deporting Them Makes Communities ‘Less Safe’

In the latest episode of legacy-media mental gymnastics, The New York Times argues that deporting criminal aliens somehow makes American communities less safe. The article, written by Tim Arango, Hamed Aleaziz, and Miriam Jordan, first suggested that deporting criminal aliens is problematic because they might return to the United States “and commit more crimes.” (say what?) Of course, that hypothetical assumes that the migrant could get back in, which would be a lot harder now that President Donald Trump has effectively shut down the southern border. The theory that the criminal migrant will return and “commit more crimes” only holds...