President Trump tweets nonsensical figures on illegal immigration

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

President Trump tweets nonsensical figures on illegal immigration

By Glenn Kessler
January 29 at 3:00 AM

“We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country. So ridiculous! DHS”

— President Trump, in a tweet, Jan. 27, 2019

We often warn readers to be wary of false precision. This presidential tweet is a good example of this.

He describes, to the dollar, the alleged cost of illegal immigration — as well as the exact number of undocumented immigrants. But both numbers can only be estimates; there is no actual count of undocumented immigrants, and there is a big dispute over what kind of financial drain, if any, illegal immigration places on the United States.

The president indicates that these figures are from the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), but instead they appear to come from the president’s avid TV-watching. Here’s an image of a tally that recently appeared on the right-leaning One America News Network:

Looks rather similar! But it’s quite possible the president missed an important nuance. The OAN chart refers to “total aliens,” not “illegal aliens.” So it appears to be a number for all immigrants, not just illegal immigrants.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/29/president-trump-tweets-nonsensical-figures-illegal-immigration/

[Girard442]

1. Number of women gone missing who are buried in shallow graves on Trump's properties: 42.

Read that somewhere.

If he can do it, I can too.

[42bambi]

4. I also read that some

of those women had duct tape on their mouth.
I also agree with - "If he can do it, I can too."

[marble falls]

5. The ICE thugs who committed these crimes had calves like cantaloupes.

Allegedly.

[ginnyinWI]

2. Fantasy math. Of course. ho hum... n/t

[Cicada]

3. 25 million illegals means CA gets 3 additional house seats, illegals huge profit centers

Trump’s estimate of far more illegals also means the crime rate for illegals is super low. Instead of being 30% less likely than native born to murder they would be 70% less likely. Instead of state health costs being $1600 per capita it would be about $500, so sales tax and gas tax paid vastly exceeds welfare burden. Let’s trust Trump on these figures.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. This from the guy who can't even remember which foot his bone spurs were on.