letting them in brings down the overall crime rate. The only way to ensure no immigrant ever commits a crime here is to not let ANY in. I know you’d be on board with that, but it would be disastrous policy. Think the past 40 years of Japanese style zero economic growth.

Jens soering came here as an international student and commuted murder. Should we discontinue allowing international students? That’s the only way to ensure no international student ever conmits a crime. I remember a German tourist killing a local in Miami or Ft. Lauderdale a few years in a dui accident. Should we not allow tourists as a result? That’s the only way to ensure no tourist ever kills anyone.

Letting immigrants in is going to result in some crime by immigrants. The best you can do is vet them to reduce the likelihood. I think zero immigration, even assuming you could pull it off, would be beyond disastrous