Mark Morgan: Trump critics say there’s no emergency at the border. The numbers show they are wrong | Fox News

Mark Morgan: Trump critics say there’s no emergency at the border. The numbers show they are wrong | Fox News:

It gets worse. There is another false narrative which continues to gain steam. It goes like this: “But the numbers of illegal immigrants are way down so it’s not a crisis.” Any student who has taken a basic statistics course knows you can manipulate raw numbers to support just about any position on either side of the aisle. It’s essential to look at the context behind the numbers to evaluate their true meaning. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, there were more than 1.5 million apprehensions at the border. These are the raw numbers the uninformed politicians and pundits use to disparage the administration’s position. What they don’t tell you is the overwhelming majority were Mexican adults, of which 90 percent were deported, often within hours of being apprehended. Additionally, a third of those apprehended were repeat offenders, so the realistic number of migrant apprehensions was well below what’s reflected.