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President Donald Trump's acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf tried and failed to drum up anti-immigrant furor on his Twitter account.
Sharing a disturbing story of an undocumented immigrant accused of murdering a 92-year-old woman, Wolf said New York City had seen a "complete breakdown of law and order."
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</p><div id="dd07a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="WIU2ZV1579216077"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217600924744585216" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">There has been a complete breakdown of law & order in New York City. NYC proudly passed sanctuary city laws & bragg… https://t.co/WcBf2e6v21</div> — Acting Secretary Chad Wolf (@Acting Secretary Chad Wolf)<a href="https://twitter.com/DHS_Wolf/statuses/1217600924744585216">1579133657.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p>Wolf's tweet fed the Trump-backed narrative that undocumented immigrants are somehow more prone to commit violent crimes than American citizens. </p><p>In reality, over a third of New York City's residents are foreign-born. Crime in New York City had a record overall low in 2019.</p><p>While there will inevitably be violent crime in a city of nearly nine million people, there's hardly been a dissolution of law and order.</p><p><strong>Nevertheless, people were eager to send their evidence of the violent anarchy currently taking place in New York.</strong></p>
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</p><div id="34e5d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2OFOP71579216077"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217817648731500544" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">NYC's complete breakdown of law and order has me so frightened that I've worked to transform my lazy food-obsessed… https://t.co/COBgXl1qtw</div> — Dan SIoan 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (@Dan SIoan 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺🏳️🌈)<a href="https://twitter.com/dantoujours/statuses/1217817648731500544">1579185328.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="c2ef4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="R14M161579216078"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217805606507159552" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@revrrlewis I don’t know about “complete breakdown of Law and Order”. But my wife did go see Wicked with her frien… https://t.co/GcI2amwAvT</div> — Scott (@Scott)<a href="https://twitter.com/IamScottlevine/statuses/1217805606507159552">1579182456.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="1a141" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5V4UO51579216078"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217800021946650624" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@revrrlewis I don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s pure pandemonium in Brooklyn this morning. https://t.co/gDs0KhOQXK</div> — Tim Fullerton (@Tim Fullerton)<a href="https://twitter.com/TimFullerton/statuses/1217800021946650624">1579181125.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="eddb5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="EJ0S5L1579216078"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217799352799891461" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@revrrlewis Currently watching anarchy from my window. Someone just jaywalked across the street.</div> — Josh Hinton (@Josh Hinton)<a href="https://twitter.com/joshhinton89/statuses/1217799352799891461">1579180965.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="6711b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6F2S3I1579216078"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217804777364631552" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@revrrlewis Kid sent me a photo of the violence in the street, it’s really disturbing https://t.co/6dgxjjagjH</div> — The Chosen Pear (@The Chosen Pear)<a href="https://twitter.com/Burghlady2/statuses/1217804777364631552">1579182259.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="affdc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5S63D01579216078"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217807241933393922" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@revrrlewis Oh yeah? Explain this https://t.co/ip4EJtcAFb</div> — Ceci n'est pas un Vanweezer (@Ceci n'est pas un Vanweezer)<a href="https://twitter.com/vanweezer/statuses/1217807241933393922">1579182846.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="c6023" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="E09ZAB1579216078"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217874987341828100" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@revrrlewis They're signalling and stopping at the red light. Law and Order seems intact. (not pictured: wastelande… https://t.co/8nzZBbATT0</div> — Austin Tyler Rogers (@Austin Tyler Rogers)<a href="https://twitter.com/austintylerro/statuses/1217874987341828100">1579198998.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="eb931" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="Z9YNEL1579216078"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217811342687600642" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@revrrlewis Truly criminal prices https://t.co/d2T66lcrwD</div> — Apparatus Of Kwalish (@Apparatus Of Kwalish)<a href="https://twitter.com/aparatusofkwal1/statuses/1217811342687600642">1579183824.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p><strong>Some people used Wolf's own logic against him.</strong><br></p>
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</p><div id="dfc81" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7CA9IW1579216078"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217603916382142464" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DHS_Wolf @DHSgov Considering you're still "acting secretary" after not one but TWO of your immediate predecessors… https://t.co/xeGrqubDIJ</div> — Chad A. Griffiths is excited for Picard (@Chad A. Griffiths is excited for Picard)<a href="https://twitter.com/a_simple_tailor/statuses/1217603916382142464">1579134370.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b96bb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="UE4UCG1579216079"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217624835846803457" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DHS_Wolf Watch out, more than one murder can be attributed to men called Chad. I think we should deport all Chads… https://t.co/cYtITFMLVJ</div> — Veleda_k (@Veleda_k)<a href="https://twitter.com/veleda_k/statuses/1217624835846803457">1579139357.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9c5cc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8XKWQP1579216079"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217817992886661127" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DHS_Wolf Now do all the home grown white boys with gun.</div> — Lisa G (@Lisa G)<a href="https://twitter.com/LisaG724/statuses/1217817992886661127">1579185410.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p><strong>Others just used facts.</strong></p>
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</p><div id="d57b5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="NKQFTX1579216079"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217623454070870016" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DHS_Wolf Crime in New York is at its lowest for several decades. But if you want to just lie, we can’t stop you. https://t.co/UFiAfPv6Mf</div> — Tom Coates (@Tom Coates)<a href="https://twitter.com/tomcoates/statuses/1217623454070870016">1579139028.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="0ad89" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QKFK4M1579216079"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217684130013622273" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DHS_Wolf Wow, look at this! Major felonies WAY, WAY DOWN in NYC since 2000! https://t.co/MxouqEBjlC</div> — miss speech (@miss speech)<a href="https://twitter.com/miss_speech/statuses/1217684130013622273">1579153494.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="e4844" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="U1DQB11579216079"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1217615438852452352" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@DHS_Wolf What, someone in the Trump administration lying? Must be Wednesday. Or any other day. Or any minute of… https://t.co/uTXNQu6bZT</div> — Steve T (@Steve T)<a href="https://twitter.com/ThisNThat90/statuses/1217615438852452352">1579137117.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p>There likely won't be a complete breakdown of law and order in New York until the famously aggressive Central Park squirrels finish evolving.</p>
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