Illegal Immigration Declines Again Despite What Trump Says

The Pew Research Center released a report on the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States and it shows once again that illegal immigration is…declining. The illegal population dropped from 11.2 to 11.1 million from 2013 to 2014 and it is over 1.1 million below its 2007 peak. In fact, a significant portion of the rise of illegal immigrants from 1990 occurred under the George W. Bush presidency and it has actually dropped under the Obama administration. Of course, if you listen to Donald Trump and the Republicans, the immigrant hordes are pouring over the border unchecked.

I know the media is hard to generalize – some try to bring real news, some are merely propaganda vehicles for a particular party, and most are just trying to make money any way they can. Their response to criticism is usually to say they only report the news but do not interpret it. But do they ever wonder why they are so bad at that, why so many Americans are completely misinformed about simple facts. Americans believe violent crime is rising in the face of continued statistics that show we are in the midst of an historic drop in crime.  A majority of Republicans believe that unemployment has actually increased during President Obama’s tenure. I could go on with even more examples. When it comes to reporting simple facts about our country and the world, it certainly looks like the media is failing.