Update: And on cue, Newt Gingrich is already deploying the talking point.
As I'm sure many readers are aware, there was a horrible tragedy in Newark New Jersey this week, where four college students were gunned down. The perpetrator looks to be an individual who entered the country illegally. Unfortunately, this tragedy may be the latest talking point in the anti-immigration movement's arsenal.
Strangely, this reminds me of a fight between Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera, of all people:
I cringe to say it, but Geraldo is dead right. There's no causal relationship between the perpetrator's immigration status and the crime committed. Murder is murder, and immigration status has nothing to do with it.
How can we counter what will surely be an attempt by anti-immigration advocates to exploit this for their political ends?
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