One of the selling stories for a wall has been personal anecdotes and stories about crimes committed by immigrants. Those anecdotes may not be backed by actual statistics.

Approximately 3% of the US population are undocumented immigrants. There are approximately 20,000 homicides per year. So statistically it would make sense if there were 600 homicides by undocumented immigrants per year. I don’t think precise statistics are kept each year but studies at least suggest the rate of violent crime is lower on average.

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Imagine if we kept track whether killers were left-handed? I expect we would be able to find all sorts of examples to use in anecdotes.

7 Infamous Left-Handed Criminals

It's widely known that left-handers are much less prevalent than their right-handed counterparts in society. In fact, it's estimated that lefties make up roughly 10% of the world's population. There are a variety of theories about why some people turn out to be left-handed, but no one knows for...

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