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  1. Jan 2019
    1. Sen. Chuck Schumer, who you will be hearing from later tonight, has repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats.
    1. In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes, and 4,000 violent killings. Over the years, thousands of Americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country and thousands more lives will be lost if we don’t act right now.

      This is an example of card stacking, as Trump only mentions the number of convictions – one person can be convicted of multiple crimes. The decision to cite the number of convictions over number of criminals allows for him to inflate the numbers, and thus be more persuasive.

    2. Senator Chuck Schumer, who you will be hearing from later tonight, has repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats.