By Kumar Balani

There were 34,709 crimes of various types committed by illegal aliens in fiscal years 2016, 2017 and the 11 months of 2018, according to the United States Customs and Border Patrol or CBP, one of the seven components of the Department of Homeland Security.

While the largest number of crimes – more than fifteen thousand or 44 percent of the arrests and convictions of illegal aliens – were for unlawful entry or reentry, all the other crimes – 19,510 offenses or 56 percent – caused financial, medical, physical, psychological or sexual harm, impairment, or damage to the hapless victims, or led to their deaths. 

This includes crimes such as ‘driving under the influence’ of alcohol or drugs or narcotics, or the possession, trafficking, and transport of deadly weapons and drugs – that resulted in, or had the potential to result in harm to or death of people.

The range of crime types during this three-year period was so wide that almost 5,700 or one of every six crimes were placed under the category of ‘other’. Needless to say, these ‘other’ un-categorized crimes may also have caused bodily harm.

The United States provides means for people who entered it, to adjust their illegal status to legal, temporary-stay nonimmigrant visa status for various purposes, such as business, study, or tourism. Before the expiration of any of these visas, the nonimmigrant visa holder, with the assistance of a practicing attorney on immigration law, can apply for permanent residence, if eligible. Conviction for crimes makes it more difficult.

Biz India Online News conducted extensive research to find coverage of these crimes on the websites of major news media in the United States, from June 2016 when the campaigns for the US presidency were in full swing, through January 2019, and concluded that apart from one Fox News episode by Tucker Carlson on December 17, 2017 quoting U.S. Census data titled “Why didn’t we know truth about illegals and crime?”, there was no other major media news report providing a compilation of data on crimes committed by illegal aliens.

That research included such straight forward searches phrases as “illegal aliens’ crimes”, yet they found nothing.  Does that surprise you?

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in Texas alone, there have been more than 251,000 criminal aliens in Texas jails between 2011 and 2018 charged with 663,000 criminal offenses. Those arrests include 79,049 assault charges; 18,685 burglary charges; 1,351 homicide charges; 815 kidnapping charges; 79,900 drug charges; 44,882 theft charges; 50,777 obstructing police charges; 9,938 weapon charges; 4,292 robbery charges; and 7,156 sexual assault charges! Of the total criminal aliens arrested in that timeframe, over 168,000 or 66% were identified by DHS status as being in the US illegally at the time of their last arrest.

Remarkably, even during the 2016 presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump, there was a virtual blackout in US major news media on such important news on illegal aliens’ crimes that affect the security and safety, in terms of protection against bodily harm, hurt, and death, of over around 325 million people in the US.

This raises the all-important question: What could be the possible reasons for the omission of such important news by US news media?

This absence of coverage continued even after frequent mentions by presidential candidate Donald J. Trump about Mexicans who, he had said repeatedly in his campaign rallies, were illegally coming in daily as “drug dealers and traffickers, MS-13 gang members, murderers, and rapists.”

As early as in elementary school in Manila, Philippines, we learned the essential requirements of good journalism, particularly in the straight-news reporting format including accuracy, balance, clarity, fairness, impartiality, and especially perspective.

A reporter’s opinion, stance, or view, has no place in a straight-news reporting, the journalism professor emphasized in high school-level workshops. So these days when I read front-page straight-news reports in US newspapers, this question comes up in my mind over and over: Is this the writer’s personal opinion? If so, should it not be in the Opinion or Op-Ed section?.

Is it any surprise that in a January 2018 Pew Research Center poll involving 38 countries, the title itself highlighted that the US public had the greatest dissatisfaction with its news media and its ability to deliver unbiased coverage?: Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage but Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver: Deep political divides in many nations on satisfaction with news media; greatest is in the US.

One of the most important findings of this study, quoting the report, was this: “The survey finds that a median of 75 percent across 38 countries say it is never acceptable for a news organization to favor one political party over others when reporting the news.”

The Washington Examiner summarized the poll results in the headline: US media bias ranks worst in the world.

In the politically-divided US, the highest scores given news media were 61 for perspective, a low 58 for balance, just 56 for accuracy, and a very low 47 for fairness.

In contrast, Philippine respondents in the same poll held the second highest regard for their news media. Being a columnist for the Philippines Daily Tribune, I’m keenly aware of the slogan on our masthead: “Without Fear, Without Favor.” The American news media might learn something from such a simple slogan from their oceanic neighbors.

Kumar Balani is founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief since 2002, of Biz India Online News and has an AB Journalism degree from the University of the Philippines and an MA in International Politics from New York University. His US-based Sunday column appears in the Philippines Daily Tribune.

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Fort Collins, CO (February 4, 2019) – Realities Ride, the world’s largest poker run and fundraising vehicle for Realities For Children charity, will host it’s annual rally and ride for the kids on Memorial Day Weekend, May 25^th and 26^th, 2019. Advance tickets are now on sale. Celebrating those who’ve served in our armed forces and helping Northern Colorado children in need, Realities Ride has been bringing people together on Memorial Day weekend for the past 18 years.

This year’s event kicks off Saturday, May 25, at 11 a.m., with the Presentation of the Colors and the singing of the National Anthem. Featuring motorcycle stunt shows, Schrader’s Grand Prix adult trike races, Cycle Source Magazine Bike Show and Motorcycle Rodeo, the Patriotic Pin-up Girl Contest, Hooters Bikini Bike Wash, live music and vendors offering everything from BBQ to tattoos, the Realities Ride rally is not to be missed. Advance tickets are available here.

On Sunday, May 26, thousands of riders will join together in Fort Collins for the World’s Largest Poker Run. Held to benefit children who have been abused, neglected or are otherwise at risk, Realities Ride provides a fun and patriotic way to honor our service men and women and help a population who really needs it. Participants can make their ride even more meaningful by choosing to Ride for a Fallen Hero—these riders receive a card with a photo and service description of a fallen soldier. Registration opens at 8 a.m., and the spectacular parade starts at 9:30.

Thanks to the generosity of the event’s sponsors, 100% of participants’ $30 ride donation goes to benefit children in need in Northern Colorado. Special VIP tickets are also available for $100, which includes food and drinks at the Rally all weekend long. Last year’s event raised nearly $120,000 for this worthy, charitable cause. So come out and enjoy great entertainment, great camaraderie and great riding, all while providing vulnerable kids with meaningful support.

Realities For Children is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides for the unmet and ongoing support needs of children in Northern Colorado who have been abused, neglected or are at-risk by uniting local businesses, youth agencies and the community in collaborative and mutually beneficial service.

Contact:

Ken Conte

Last week, we emailed and posted on our website a guest newsletter entitled Are Cyclists Vision Zero Zealots? written by Eric Berg, an NMA Board Member, an NMA Life Member, an avid sport bicyclist, and a staunch defender of motorists’ rights. Readers, including some of whom (like Eric) are bicyclists, responded with interesting perspectives which follow.

Eric Berg is certainly correct when he states that these issues are usually not black and white. I suspect that’s particularly true even within groups like the Washington Area Bicyclists’ Association, to which I belonged most of the years I lived in that city, and Mass Bike, to which I now belong.

I’m a leisure/commuter cyclist (and a long-ago veteran of a Seattle to Boston ride). I’m very much opposed to efforts to discourage driving, notably the 25 mph speed limits that have sprung up all over Boston and other metro areas. (I would note that Washington DC now has speed bumps in neighborhoods all over the city.) If these laws were enforced (so far as I can tell, they are not enforced in the Boston area, but I am uncertain about that) they would increase stop and go traffic, since reducing speeds means more cars will be on the road at any given time, and the increasing traffic density will cause traffic snarls.

As for Vision Zero, this idealistic campaign ignores the law of diminishing returns. A better way to reduce fatalities and maimings–both laudable goals–would be to ban use of electronics and infotainment in moving vehicles.

I don’t ride on streets nearly as much as I used to–I rode 3,600 miles annually during the 1980s and early ’90s─because I’m especially afraid of people texting. I am lucky to live very close to bicycle paths that take me close to places I want to go.

Try not to alienate urban commuting cyclists!

(But thanks, Eric Berg, for this valuable essay.)

David Holzman, a Massachusetts member

The weekend “greenie” bicyclists ride proudly down the street with a sneer on their face as they run the stop signs. Glad to hear that not all bicyclists are the “enemy” — that the professionals are realistic in their view of the traveling world. This is the first time I have ever heard of the “rail-to-trails” plan — sounds like a good idea where everyone wins.

a California member

Watch for more responses on Thursday in the Bikernet Weekly News. Here’s last weeks News:

https://www.bikernet.com/pages/DOOMSDAY_BIKERNET_WEEKLY_NEWS_for_January_31_2019.aspx

Don’t Miss the Lowbrow Superbowl Sunday Commercial!

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Yeah, yeah, we know the proper name, but it’s trademarked, so…

Whether or not you are excited about the game Sunday, you should click on the video above.

Enjoy!

The Lowbrow Team

This is too cool. Check it out.

–Bandit

If you are having trouble with any Veterans administration hospital in the United States this is the number you need to call.

This is the number of the White House office of veterans affairs.

Please use it to save your life or another veteran’s.

855-948-2311

–Sarge

Veteran

I’ve been looking for a catch phrase to define folks, who blame anything on Climate Change caused by your mom’s SUV. So far folks came up with pseudo-science and alarmist. I thought about history and the story of the boy who cried “Wolf.” But how about doomsday proponents, when we should be having the time of our lives.

I watched a documentary about vitamins recently. This Australian scientist tried to give us broad knowledge about the vitamin industry, the pros and cons. During this program he explained that about 2/3s of all vitamins are made from Fossil Fuels. The Doomsday screamers think we can quit the evil oil industry when 90 percent of everything is built with fossil fuels including my computer, many medical devices, tools, kitchen appliances, you name it.

To me the bottom line is freedom and dancing in the streets where we should be.  It’s a good one, don’t miss it.

–Bandit

https://www.bikernet.com/pages/DOOMSDAY_BIKERNET_WEEKLY_NEWS_for_January_31_2019.aspx