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Jerry Nadler: I remind the gentlemen and gentlewomen on the other side of the aisle that when you talk about various victims of…

On the recordMay 1, 2024
I remind the gentlemen and gentlewomen on the other side of the aisle that when you talk about various victims of migrant crime, the FBI statistics show that the percentage of crime committed by migrants is lower than the percentage of crime committed by native-born Americans. Migrants, legal and illegal, seem to be more law-abiding, on average, than native-born Americans. So, to use a specific example to say that this is the fault of the immigration policy is nonsense. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York
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May 1, 2024

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