claim: "the overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse."
author: rachel maddow
evidence_1: feb 12, 2013 ... worse, the argument goes, many use social programs, like hospitals and ...  illegal immigration does have some undeniably negative economic effects. ... it's  the economy ... i was reminded of another seldom-discussed fact about  immigrant ... that immigrants — those here legally or not — benefit the overall ...
evidence_2: sep 9, 2016 ... donald trump has repeatedly said immigrants living illegally in the ... in many  cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants, ... so we decided to  directly compare the two groups using things ... court ruling does not apply to  post-secondary education and it's up to ... overall: advantage veterans.
evidence_3: aug 31, 2016 ... npr's politics team annotated trump's speech on immigration, which comes after  ... it's more of a primary crowd than a general-election one. .... the u.s. has  actually seen more mexican immigrants leaving the u.s. than ... the truth is the  central issue is not the needs of the 11 million illegal immigrants or ...
evidence_4: jul 8, 2015 ... “when mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. ... in fact, first- generation immigrants are predisposed to lower crime rates than native-born  americans. ... federal prisoners made up 10 percent of the total incarcerated ...  get reimbursed for convicting and incarcerating inmates of illegal or ...
evidence_5: aug 24, 2015 ... there is little support overall for an effort to deport all those in the u.s. ... on  immigration, it's worth keeping in mind that immigration has not ...