The Illegal Immigration Myth

Kevin Shay
6 min readAug 5, 2019

Some say undocumented immigrants commit as much as 25 percent of U.S. murders and wreck the economy and healthcare system. The truth is nowhere close to that.

Thirty more people died in mass shootings in Texas and Ohio in less than a 24-hour span on August 3 and 4.

That makes 251 mass shootings so far this year — about one a day, according to Gun Violence Archive.

Donald Trump and many of his followers believe illegal immigrants have carried out a significant number of these shootings. U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, a Republican from…

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Kevin Shay

Investigated the JFK and January 6th plots. Walked and drove across nations. Also writes a bit. More at https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-J.-Shay/e/B004BCQRTG