So much for the claim it's about "Illegal" Immigration

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C., served termination papers to 13 high-ranking police officials (rank of captain or above) in connection with an internal investigation into the manipulation of crime statistics.
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The disciplinary action stems from findings that crime data was deliberately misclassified in 2024 and 2025. While these 13 officials were served termination notices, they have not officially been fired as they are currently on administrative leave and have the right to appeal.
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Key Details:

• The Probe: Investigations by the MPD's Internal Affairs, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the U.S. House Oversight Committee revealed that the MPD's claimed crime drops were inaccurate and manipulated to minimize the perception of crime in D.C..
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• The Aftermath: Following the data probe and the resulting turmoil, former MPD Chief Pamela Smith resigned from the department, though she has vehemently denied the allegations.
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• Next Steps: The D.C. Office of the Inspector General is currently concluding a comprehensive audit of the department's crime data.

So one city is having a disagreement with the DOJ, which itself is enormasly corrupt since Trump's clown car rode into town.

Crime has dropped nationwide. Deal with it.

What's Driving the Drop in Homicide? How Low Might It Go? - Council on Criminal Justice

CCJ brought together leading experts to assess what’s driving the homicide decline, including changes in criminal justice policy, shifts in technology use, and broader social and economic trends.

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After an historic surge starting in 2020, the homicide rate in the United States has declined sharply. Over the past three years, homicides have fallen by an average of 16% per year; this includes CCJ’s finding of a 21% drop from 2024 to 2025 in a sample of 35 large cities. If a similar decline is reflected in national data, the U.S. homicide rate in 2025 would be the lowest observed since at least 1900 (see Figure 1). Applying a 20% decline from 2024 to 2025 suggests a national homicide rate of 4.0 per 100,000 residents in 2025, eclipsing the previous historic low of 4.4 per 100,000 recorded in 2014.

 

[Unkotare]

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No, we removed them from a sensitive area during wartime.
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Oh, were the prisoners of fdr's concentration camps free to come and go as they pleased? The concentration camps weren't surrounded by barbed wire and armed guard towers? The entire West Coast was a "sensitive area"? Were other AMERICAN CITIZENS removed from this "sensitive" side of the country? Family farms and businesses were confiscated because they were "sensitive"? Soldiers kicked in the doors of AMERICAN CITIZENS at the break of dawn because they were "sensitive"? AMERICAN CITIZENS including young children and grandmothers were loaded onto cattle cars and "housed" in filthy horse stalls because they were so comfy? All this because, unlike a number of German Americans, not one Japanese American was convicted of sabotage or espionage during the entirety of the war.

 

[Meathead]

We often hear the claim from MAGA racists that they aren't against immigration, they are against ILLEGAL immigration.

And then they pull stuff like this.

Foreigners in U.S. must apply for green cards abroad, new Trump administration rule says

The announcement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the latest step by the Trump administration making legal immigration more difficult for foreigners already in the U.S. and for those hoping to come here.

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Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced Friday, in a surprise change to a longstanding policy that sowed confusion and concern among aid groups, immigration lawyers and immigrants.

For over half a century, foreign nationals with legal status have been able to apply for and complete the entire process for permanent residence in the United States — including individuals married to U.S. citizens, holders of work and student visas, and refugees and political asylum seekers, among others.

The changes comes on top of steps the administration has already taken to restrict and limit entry for people from dozens of countries. In some cases, there are outright bans on travel from those countries, while people from others face pauses in visa processing. Experts and attorneys warned that forcing people from those countries to return home to apply for a green card would result in them being barred from coming back.


Joe's Comment - This will probably make the problem worse, not better. It just means that out of 13 million or so immigrants with some level of legal status won't go home, they'll go underground.

"Nonimmigrants, like students, temporary workers, or people on tourist visas, come to the U.S. for a short time and for a specific purpose. Our system is designed for them to leave when their visit is over. Their visit should not function as the first step in the Green Card process," the agency said in a statement.

Agree completely.