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You're talking about two different and sometimes related things:This may be true if crime numbers were consistent 'across he board' so to speak with all races, creeds, colors etc. but it clearly is not.
One cannot deny the fact crime has increased dramatically over the last say 20 years and there is no denying illegal immigration (or invasion - what it really is) has been a major influence.
Look at the increases of cartels, drug & human trafficking that has occurred in just the last three years, but overall it has increased exponentially in say, the last 10 or so years.
Heck, I am seeing a large increase in 'non English speaking' people creeping into the little community I live in - and many don't look like they have plans to 'assimilate' at all. Quite frankly some look downright scary.
I feel considerably less safe than I did when I moved here just 18 years ago.
Illegal immigration has increased because conditions in Central America have been getting worse.
Drug trafficking has increased because more Americans are addicted to opioids than ever before. (As well as meth and coke.)
Since both cross the border, they become entangled.
The drug problem in the US is our fault. If Americans didn't have such a permissive attitude toward illegal drugs, we wouldn't have fueled the cartels that, not coincidentally, make places like Honduras so awful that the residents are streaming out.
So if you really feel like blaming someone, the big pharma that fooled Americans into taking oxycodone like aspirin would be a good start, as well every adult who bought cocaine any time in there lives, knowing how it got to them.