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Not quite that simple: "On January 5, 2023, the Biden administration announced its intent to provide “safe and orderly pathways to the United States” for up to 30,000 nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The new program, formally known as the Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV), allows certain people from these four countries who have a sponsor in the U.S. and who pass a background check to come to the U.S. for a period of two years to live and work lawfully, using a legal mechanism known as “humanitarian parole.” The creation of this new parole program, however, was coupled with restricted access to asylum at the U.S./Mexico border for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Starting in January 2023, the government of Mexico agreed to allow the U.S. to expel up to 30,000 migrants from those countries to Mexico each month—preventing them from requesting asylum under U.S. immigration law. With the expiration of the Title 42 order in May 2023, the U.S. announced that it would formally deport some migrants from these countries to Mexico instead of to their home countries. ... With the expansion of the program to Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans on January 9, 30,000 monthly slots are available in total, across all four countries." https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/biden-administrations-humanitarian-parole-program-cubans-haitians-nicaraguans-and

One that allows inveterate liars like Trump and Vance to run for public office....

Actually that's an intentional misstatement (lie) Trump has repeatedly made, most recently when he kept referring to LEGALLY permitted Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio as "illegals" A few examples among many: "Do you denounce the bomb threats in Springfield?” a reporter asked Trump on 14 September. “I don’t know what happened with the bomb threats,” Trump lied. “I know that it’s been taken over by illegal migrants, and that’s a terrible thing that happened.” ... “These are people that aren’t legally in our country. This is an invasion of our country.” AND "The next day, at a rally in Arizona, Trump conflated his lie about “eating pets” with his lurid stories about migrant murders. ... You have this small little community. All of a sudden you have 20,000 illegals in your community. Nobody knows where they come from." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/20/trump-vance-springfield-immigrants-avoid-abortion As for the Haitians legal status, the city of Springfield has a FAQ webpage that answers that question: "Q: Are the immigrants here legally and how did they qualify? A: YES, Haitian immigrants are here legally, under the Immigration Parole Program. Once here, immigrants are then eligible to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Haiti is designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security for TPS. Current TPS is granted through February 3, 2026." https://springfieldohio.gov/immigration-faqs/

Some added useful context from the BBC: "Of the 1.5 million apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally so far this financial year - and where Border Patrol was able to check against law enforcement databases - about 15,608 were of people with previous criminal convictions. The most common conviction was for illegal entry into another country (9,545), followed by driving under the influence (2,577), and drug possession and trafficking offences (1,414)." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jp4xqx2z3o By my math, that works out to about a 1% rate of prior criminal convictions based on the above numbers, with the largest number being illegal entry into another country (which would hardly be surprising given the population involved here). Not quite the immigrant crime wave Trump and related Republicans are trying to gin up..... Meanwhile, as for Trump's bogus claims: "He [Trump] has repeatedly criticised the government's record on the border, saying "Kamala Harris has allowed 21 million illegals to pour in from all over the world." ... These encounters have risen to record highs under the Biden administration but not to the level Trump - who has not provided a source for his claim - maintains." [emphasis added]. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jp4xqx2z3o The guy just makes stuff up as he goes along, and rarely seems to have any basis in facts or reality. However, it does seem like there are an awful lot of immigrant haters out there, in the U.S. and elsewhere, which is particularly sad given that pretty much EVERYONE who lives in the U.S. (apart from Native Americans) has their familial roots as immigrants at some point in time.

I used to work in government for many years, and must say, I'm baffled at how ICE handled the release of this data to the requesting congressman. Absolutely no problem with the data being provided. Government agencies need to be responsive to congressional oversight. But to put out such a document so entirely lacking in context and perspective as to what the data really means, and what periods of time the data in fact covers, simply is IRRESPONSIBLE. Anyone with half a brain in Washington D.C. politics would have to know that Trump and the related Republicans would likely use and abuse the data given any opportunity, as has been their custom in the past when it comes to immigration issues. Unless it was an attempt on the part of the acting ICE director under whose name the report was issued [Patrick J. Lechleitner, Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director] to play blatant pre-election politics.

As the New York Times reported recently -- there is no migrant crime surge: The Myth of Migrant Crime Republicans suggest that immigrants are especially likely to be criminals. The data shows the opposite. July 18, 2024 ... "In fact, U.S. rates of crime and immigration have moved in opposite directions in recent years. After illegal immigration plummeted in 2020, the murder rate rose. And after illegal immigration spiked in 2021 and 2022, murders plateaued and then fell. Over a longer period, there is no relationship between immigration and crime trends. The number of foreign-born Americans has increased for decades, while the murder rate has gone up and down at different times, as these charts by my colleague Ashley Wu show: Yes, some migrants have committed violent crimes. There are more than 45 million immigrants in the U.S., and invariably some of them — just like people of any other group — will do bad things. Similarly, thousands of native-born Americans commit violent crimes in any given week." https://archive.ph/U80ig

Perhaps one of the reasons this report from ICE got little major media coverage, except for mostly the usual cast of right-wing Trump supporting outlets, are the following details reported today by Fox in a follow-up article: "In a statement on Saturday, DHS said the data was being "misinterpreted." "The data goes back decades; it includes individuals who entered the country over the past 40 years or more, the vast majority of whose custody determination was made long before this Administration," a spokesperson said. "It also includes many who are under the jurisdiction or currently incarcerated by federal, state or local law enforcement partners." [emphasis added] The administration has said it needs more funding and reforms from Congress to fix a "broken" immigration system, including via a bipartisan Senate bill introduced this year – which has been rejected by Republicans. DHS said that bill would have provided much-needed resources, including additional immigration enforcement agents and officers and additional detention resources." https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-mum-amid-outrage-001642921.html The same Fox report also included the following added detail for sorely lacking context -- the recent ICE report says their non-detained docket counted 425,431 undocumented individuals with criminal convictions. Then adding of that number, "The data does not reveal how many of those criminals are recent arrivals. [emphasis added] But then the article goes on to add, "in August 2016, toward the end of the Obama administration, ICE said there were about 2.2 million noncitizens on the non-detained docket and about 368,574 were convicted criminals." [emphasis added] Meaning, that the ICE count of undocumented individuals with supposed criminal conviction histories already was 368,574 before Trump and Biden ever took office, and only grew by almost 57,000 (about 15%) during the entire eight years of the Trump and Biden administrations, with no breakdown of how many were added during either of those two presidents. Thus, Trump and related Republicans who have long histories of demonizing documented and undocumented immigrants will try to paint the ICE report numbers as somehow the fault of Biden and Harris, and that the crime situation has been spiraling out of control. When in fact, whatever the numbers really represent (and that looks to be in considerable doubt given the DHS comments reported above about the data going back 40+ years and that the non-detained count in fact includes individual who ARE incarcerated), the vast majority of those counted got added to ICE's list (whatever it may or may not represent) long before Trump and Biden came along.

A bit more clarity now on the question of arrival timing regarding the undocumented individuals recently reported by ICE as having criminal histories, per NBC News: More than 13,000 immigrants convicted of homicide here or abroad are living freely in the U.S., ICE says Two law enforcement officials familiar with the data said many of the migrants on the ICE list crossed into the U.S. under previous administrations. Sept. 28, 2024 ... "It is not clear when the first migrant of the 13,000 crossed into the U.S. Two law enforcement officials familiar with the data told NBC News many of the migrants on ICE’s non-detained docket, including serious criminals, crossed into the U.S. under previous administrations, including former President Donald Trump’s." https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/13000-immigrants-convicted-homicide-living-freely-us-ice-data-rcna173125 Maybe Trump and Co. ought to be a bit more careful before they continue pointing the blame finger at others regarding undocumented immigrants with criminal histories.

Well put below from your linked source: "In a statement first published by Fox News, the GOP trio said the 2024 election “presents a stark choice that is not easy for any of us” because the Republican Party exemplified by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, longtime Kansas senator Bob Dole, and “generations of Kansas leaders” no longer exists within the Trump-era version of the GOP. [emphasis added] “But, it requires Republicans speaking out and putting country over party when those values are at stake,” they said, adding, “No candidate is perfect, and we do not pretend that we subscribe to all the policy positions taken either by the national parties or any individual candidates.”

Not like the Republicans and Fox/Hannity haven't presented misleading data and made false claims on crimes and undocumented immigrants before.... March 23, 2018 "Four years ago, then-Gov. Rick Perry misrepresented state-posted numbers and inaccurately claimed that thousands of Texas murders had lately been committed by unauthorized immigrants. More recently, Fox News commentator Sean Hannity drew our attention when he dipped into the same pool of figures on his March 7, 2018 program... ... A couple of outside criminologists who reviewed the DPS-posted information at our request told us the presented tally of charges--not convictions--did not support Perry’s attribution of homicides to immigrants. (more) https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/23/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-642000-crimes-committed-immigrants-il/

Also, as best as I can read the ICE communication contained within the Fox News report that's linked in the OP, the ICE document does NOT seem to indicate WHEN all the supposed undocumented immigrants with criminal histories in their count came into the U.S. or what period of time/years their count covers. Does the count reflect entries during the Biden admin, during the Trump admin, or even prior? On its face, the ICE communication doesn't seem to say. But the document does say in regards to recent activity: "From mid-May 2023 through the end of July 2024, DHS removed or returned more than 893,600 individuals, including more than 138,300 individuals in family units. The majority of all individuals encountered at the Southwest Border over the past three years have been removed, returned, or expelled." [emphasis added] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tens-thousands-illegal-immigrants-sexual-assault-homicide-convictions-roaming-us-streets

Some of the other bogus anti-immigrant nonsense topics inspired by Trump lately and dutifully posted to this forum by his sycophants: "PolitiFact has debunked numerous claims about immigrants and crime: There’s no evidence Haitian immigrants are eating pets, wildlife in Springfield ... A Venezuelan gang takeover in Aurora, Colorado? City officials, residents say no ... Reports about 32 Venezuelan armed migrants taking over a Chicago building are fake" ... etc. etc. etc. https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/sep/27/whats-behind-recent-false-claims-about-immigrants/

What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime? September 27, 2024 ... What does the data show? Studies have historically shown that immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than U.S. citizens. No available data backs claims that there is a migrant crime wave happening in the U.S., despite the online and political rhetoric. ... "If we pay attention to what the last 80 years of studies have told us, we would see, in general, that there's likely to be no significant impact on crime," because of increased immigration, Charis Kubrin, a University of California, Irvine criminology, law and society professor, and member of the Council on Criminal Justice, said. ... FBI data released Sept. 23, though not specific to immigration status, also dampens any claims of increased crime because of immigrants. That’s because U.S. crime was down significantly in 2023, the most recent data available — violent crimes were down 3% from 2022 and property crimes were down 2.4%. Murder has dropped 11.6%, the data shows. https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/sep/27/whats-behind-recent-false-claims-about-immigrants/

Regarding the claims in the OP: Per Reuters: "Studies and estimates by academics and think tanks show undocumented immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than U.S.-born individuals. [emphasis added] NO NATIONAL STATISTIC There is no nationwide data on crimes committed specifically by undocumented immigrants, but research shows they do not commit crimes at a higher rate than native-born Americans. ... TEXAS DATA Two studies found that undocumented immigrants in Texas commit homicide at significantly lower rates than their U.S.-born counterparts." https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/no-evidence-4000-people-are-killed-yearly-by-undocumented-immigrants-2024-09-27/

This Sean Hannity? Sean Hannity (Once Again) Confirms He Is Not a Journalist The admission came after CNN revealed exchanges showing close cooperation with Mark Meadows. April 30, 2022 "In case you needed a reminder that Sean Hannity isn’t a journalist so much as a GOP operative with a talk show, look to the texts he was sending Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows between the 2020 election and Joe Biden’s inauguration. On Friday, CNN published a new report spotlighting texts that depict the two men talking strategy on how to help Trump win the election, hyping each other up to overthrow democracy, affirming their friendship, and—when it became clear that Trump would probably have to leave office—discussing a joint North Carolina real estate venture." ... “I go out of my way to explain what my job is, because a lot of people in the media mob do not understand what we do,” Hannity said on his Friday broadcast. “Yes, I’m a member of the press… I’m on the Fox News Channel—which is a news channel—but I don’t claim to be a journalist.” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/hannity-trump-meadows-big-lie-texting-scandal-cnn/

For a broader look at global COVID seroprevalence rates through April 2022 - vastly higher numbers than those cited in the small OP study giving a snapshot of early pandemic findings from British Columbia: Global SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence from January 2020 to April 2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis of standardized population-based studies "Our understanding of the global scale of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remains incomplete: Routine surveillance data underestimate infection and cannot infer on population immunity; there is a predominance of asymptomatic infections, and uneven access to diagnostics. " ... "We estimate that approximately 59.2% of the global population had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in September 2021 (35.9% when excluding vaccination). Global seroprevalence has risen considerably over time, from 7.7% a year before, in June 2020." [emphasis added] Overall seroprevalence rose steeply in 2021 due to infection in some regions (e.g., 26.6% [24.6 to 28.8] to 86.7% [84.6% to 88.5%] in Africa) and vaccination and infection in others (e.g., 9.6% [8.3% to 11.0%] to 95.9% [92.6% to 97.8%] in Europe high-income countries [HICs]). After the emergence of Omicron in March 2022, infection-induced seroprevalence rose to 47.9% [41.0% to 54.9%] in Europe HIC and 33.7% [31.6% to 36.0%] in Americas HIC. [emphasis added] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9648705/

From the cited study: "In this study, we estimated that 0.60% (95%CI, 0%–2.71%) of the study population showed clear evidence of a prior infection with SARS-CoV-2... This prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections was identical to the 0.55% prevalence reported by the BC CDC on 885 residual sera obtained from an outpatient laboratory network in the Lower Mainland of BC between May 15 and May 27, 2020. Data from the BC CDC represent a wider geographical catchment and do not specifically target HCW (12). The current study confirms that COVID-19 transmission in BC after the first wave was low, even among HCW, contrasting with a high seroprevalence reported among HCW in other studies (13–15), which may be attributed to the very low number of total tested cases in BC during the first wave." [emphasis added] "The first pandemic wave peaked between the third week of March and late April 2020 (11). As of May 17, only 2445 diagnosed COVID-19 cases (approximately 49 of 100,000 population) had been reported in BC after the first wave, which was the lowest rate in Canada and one of the lowest rates in North America." [emphasis added] In other words, localized results there that were more the exception than the rule in terms of seroprevalence at the time.

There has been subsequent research on this that has found that having prior infections from common cold coronaviruses can lessen some impacts of subsequent COVID infections. And researchers are pursuing those kinds of relationships as a path toward developing better COVID vaccines for the future. Common cold or COVID-19? Some T cells are ready to combat both January 26, 2024 LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found direct evidence that exposure to common cold coronaviruses can train T cells to fight SARS-CoV-2. In fact, prior exposure to a common cold coronavirus appears to partially protect mice from lung damage during a subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infection. ... The Shresta Laboratory is now working to develop novel vaccines purposefully designed to harness these powerful T cells. Those vaccines would protect against SARS-CoV-2 and provide immunity against several other coronaviruses with pandemic potential. “Our research will help scientists design and improve ‘pan-coronavirus’ vaccines that elicit broad, cross-protective responses,” adds LJI Professor Sujan Shresta, Ph.D., study senior leader and member of LJI’s Center for Vaccine Innovation.

So the authors are basically saying that people who had NOT yet been infected by COVID in British Columbia back then had indicators of immune response from OTHER, different long-circulating common coronaviruses. "There are 4 circulating coronaviruses predating COVID-19 that cause up to 30% of seasonal upper respiratory tract infections (8). ... The common occurrence of circulating coronaviruses year after year and their structural similarity with SARS-CoV-2 raises the possibility that the former may stimulate cross-reactive responses toward SARS-CoV-2 and that this heterotopic immunity may impact clinical susceptibility to COVID-19 and/or modulate responses to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (10, 11)." However, that notwithstanding, the authors toward the end noted back in 2021: "It is unclear whether this antibody reactivity may confer clinical benefits — for instance, modulating the severity of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Data indicate that a past circulating coronavirus infection may decrease the severity of a subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infection (20). Others have linked preexisting seroreactivity against circulating coronaviruses to increased SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus neutralization in vitro (5), although this remains debated." [emphasis added] ... "These findings warrant larger studies to understand how these antibodies affect the severity of COVID-19, as well as the quality and longevity of responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8119195/

From your quoted Ars Technica article above: "Media Matters CEO Angelo Carusone called the ruling "a victory for free speech and a warning to other AGs and like-minded bad actors that the constitution does not allow for this type of meritless, retaliatory, harassing effort to suppress free speech." "A federal judge has clearly seen this coordinated effort by state attorneys general for what it is—sucking up to Elon Musk and abusing the power of their offices to intimidate researchers and stifle accurate reporting by Musk's critics. Andrew Bailey was one of those AGs that took up the call and he was defeated," Carusone said."

Background #2: Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies December 16, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. The damages verdict follows emotional testimony from Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who tearfully described becoming the target of a false conspiracy theory pushed by Giuliani and other Republicans as they tried to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the jury foreperson read aloud the $75 million award in punitive damages for the women. Moss and Freeman were each awarded another roughly $36 million in other damages. (more) https://apnews.com/article/giuliani-2020-election-georgia-defamation-moss-freeman-6f6446c4f5224f521db8ff7763fb12d1

Seems Rudy and Trump both share the same habit of often failing to promptly pay their debts and/or trying to find ways to weasel out of them. Rudy Giuliani owes $300,000 to firm that worked on his bankruptcy case, judge says September 24, 2024 (CNN) — Former New York City Mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been told he must pay a bill of about $300,000 for a forensic accounting firm’s work to trace his money in his now-aborted bankruptcy proceeding. The dispute over how much Giuliani owes to the accounting firm Global Data Risk was the last vestige of his efforts earlier this year to hold off creditors, to whom he is nearly $150 million in debt. [emphasis added] Giuliani had argued to the judge, Sean Lane of the US Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York, that the fees of the accounting firm such as billing for meetings, travel and interview time as they researched his assets for the creditors should be reduced. But Lane is giving the accounting firm nearly all it sought. (more) https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/politics/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy/index.html Background: Judge ends Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case, says he flouted the process with his lack of transparency July 13, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ’s bankruptcy case on Friday, slamming the former New York City mayor as a “recalcitrant debtor” who thumbed his nose at the process while seeking to shield himself from a $148 million defamation judgment and other debts. [emphasis added] U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane criticized Giuliani for repeated “uncooperative conduct,” self-dealing, and a lack of transparency. The judge cited failures to comply with court orders, failure to disclose sources of income, and his apparent unwillingness to hire an accountant to go over his books. ... Giuliani is now free to also pursue an appeal of the defamation verdict, which arose from his efforts to overturn Republican Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss. (more) https://apnews.com/article/giuliani-bankruptcy-freeman-moss-2020-election-3cf8d70d1dc2608705c9f938bbb8941d

Sept. 27, 2024 Conservative cable network Newsmax on Thursday settled a defamation lawsuit brought by voting-machine company Smartmatic, narrowly avoiding a high-profile trial over the airing of 2020 election falsehoods. Why it matters: Ahead of the 2024 race and beyond, the settlement — the third involving 2020 election coverage in the past two years — shows the cost of airing election lies. ... Details of the agreement were not made immediately available.... Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News is expected to go to trial next year. (more) https://www.axios.com/2024/09/27/newsmax-smartmatic-settle-defamation-lawsuit Will to interesting to see in the days/weeks ahead if any financial details of the settlement end up leaking out. Smartmatic and Newsmax reach settlement in election defamation case Smartmatic had sued Newsmax over the right-wing news outlet's airing of false claims that Smartmatic's voting machines rigged the 2020 election for Joe Biden. ... Samira Saba, a spokesperson for Smartmatic, said Thursday that the company was “pleased to have secured the completion of the case against Newsmax.” "Lying to the American people has consequences," Saba said in a statement. "Smartmatic will not stop until the perpetrators are held accountable." Newsmax said in a statement that the litigation was resolved “through a confidential settlement.” (more) https://www.nbcnews.com/media/smartmatic-newsmax-reach-settlement-election-defamation-case-rcna172927

September 27, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington on Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss. The brief ruling from Washington D.C.'s appeals court said Giuliani did not respond to an order to explain why he should not be disbarred in Washington after he was in New York last summer. Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, called the decision “an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice.” Giuliani has argued that he believed the claims he was making on behalf of the Trump campaign were true. (more) https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-disbarred-dc-washington-2020-election-trump-new-york-f555f010338fddbac0b0cbeb4a11d73d Bravo! Now if only all the other high-level insurrectionists (GOP politicians, Trump lawyers and fake electors) would be held similarly accountable!

Who posted this thread linking to their article again???? Not to mention giving a misleading and opposite interpretation about what the article actually says.... Joe Manchin Proves Again That He’s an Idiot With Endorsement Decision Joe Manchin seems to think Kamala Harris is just as much a threat as Donald Trump. ... "In his rant, Manchin seemed to paint Harris as a threat to democracy, appearing to forget who else is on the ballot. "