Jan. 17, 2018
David Sterman wrote for CNN, evaluating the misleading aspects of a recent DHS and DOJ report on immigration and terrorism:
On Tuesday, the US Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice released a report that was mandated by President Trump's executive order -- signed in March 2017 -- which revised the "travel ban" from a number of Muslim-majority countries.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions asserted that Tuesday'sĀ reportĀ -- which found that 73% of individuals convicted of international terrorism crimes in federal courts between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2016 were foreign-born -- "reveals an indisputable sobering reality -- our immigration system has undermined our national security and public safety."
Far from revealing an indisputable reality, the misleading report is, in fact, the latest indication that the Trump administration is trying to skirt the truth.