Former President Donald Trump campaign senior adviser Corey Lewandowski criticized CNN anchor Jim Acosta on Wednesday for neglecting to acknowledge the thousands of illegal immigrants with homicide convictions currently in the United States.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)Â recorded a total of 13,099 non-detained illegal immigrants convicted of homicide as of July 21, according to a Wednesday letter. Lewandowski, on âCNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta,â repeatedly pressed Acosta on the issue, but the CNN anchor rebuffed his efforts and dismissed the statistic as inaccurate.
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âCorey, can you say that Haitian migrants are not eating pets in Springfield?â Acosta asked. âCan you say that?â
âYou know what I can say, Jim? I can say that 13,099 murders were let into this country, 16,000 rapists, 425,000 people in the last four years have been let into this country by Kamala Harris and Joe Bidenâs own Customs and Border Protection that are running around this country, Jim, committing crimes,â Lewandowski answered.
Acosta ignored the statistics, instead taking issue with Lewandowskiâs pronunciation of Harrisâ first name.
âJim, we know that theyâre committing crimes against Americans. Why canât these individuals talk about the individuals who have been killed by illegal immigrants? 13,099 murderers have been let into this country by this administrationâs own accounting,â Lewandowski said. âAnd you guys donât want to talk about it ⌠Jim, admit that 13,099 murderers have been let into this country. Thatâs four murders for every single county in America. You donât think that thatâs a problem?â
Acosta stated âborder crossings are down and crime is down,â but Lewandowski disagreed about crime.
FBI statistics released in September found a 3% decline in violent crime nationally, according to CNN, but some experts have noted discrepancies between local crime statistics and those published by the Bureau. The FBI data found robbery decreased 0.3% and aggravated assault fell 2.8%, but the Bureau of Justice Statisticsâ crime data found rape, robbery and aggravated assault increased by 4.1% in 2023, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center.
The CNN anchor asserted Lewandowski âwonât admit the truthâ about Trump losing the 2020 election or about Haitian migrants eating pets.
âJim, will you admit that 13,000 murderers have come into the country?â Lewandowski asked.
âThe 13,000 number is false by the way,â Acosta claimed, which Lewandowski disputed, asking for the CNN anchorâs reasoning.
âThat is over several administrations, Corey, that number is over several administrations,â Acosta responded. Lewandowski criticized Acosta for saying itâs inaccurate that there are 13,000 illegal immigrant murderers in the country.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told NBC News that the data is being misrepresented as ICEâs statistics go back four decades. It is not currently apparent when the first of the 13,000 illegal migrants convicted of homicide entered the U.S.
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