New York stands against Trump: Americas greatest city has historically low crime, exploding propert

New York stands against Trump: America’s greatest city has historically low crime, exploding property values — and half a million undocumented immigrants

by Bob Hennelly at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2017/02/20/new-york-stands-against-trump-americas-greatest-city-has-historically-low-crime-exploding-property-values-and-half-a-million-undocumented-immigrants/

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Yet the America I see every day, working as a beat reporter in New York City, is different: a shining sanctuary city that grows more peaceful with each passing day. Its most daunting challenge remains to more justly share the vast abundance and wealth produced in this 24/7 simmering crockpot by the very global diversity Trump wants to root out.

America’s largest city, which took the brunt of the 9/11 attacks, has continued to embrace the promise extended by the Statue of Liberty in her harbor. The results have been impressive and should inform our national debate at least as much as the anomalous cases Trump has cited where undocumented immigrants have committed rape or murder.

The rationale for the Trump anti-immigrant narrative is a black-and-white one: “Illegal aliens” and the undocumented make us less safe and our street life more dangerous.

Yet what’s been happening in New York, a sanctuary city with at least a half a million undocumented residents, indicates their presence has come with an unprecedented decline in violent crime and a related explosion in property values. Donald Trump has experienced that first-hand in the value of his New York real estate portfolio.


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