PolitiFact: “Trump Leaves Out Context in Claim About Immigrants and Crime”

The November 3, 2016 PolitiFact article “Trump Leaves Out Context in Claim About Immigrants and Crime” quotes BUSSW assistant professor Christopher Salas-Wright as one of the sources to disprove Trump’s argument about the connection between immigration and crime. Although Trump argued that immigrants are more likely to commit illegal acts, researchers such as Salas-Wright have proven his claims to be less than true.

“Again and again, we see evidence that they are not,” Salas-Wright said in the article. “In fact, it’s the opposite.”