Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., thinks the problem Democrats had with immigration was not that they allowed millions of illegals to invade the country, but rather that Democrats’ simply failed to explain to Americans that they should be grateful for living with illegal aliens who apparently make communities safer.
During an interview with the CT Mirror, Murphy claimed that President Donald Trump was trying to solve a “fake problem” of mass migration being a threat to the American people.
“The problem, according to the Trump administration, is a country that has been invaded, a country that is at risk physically because of the presence of people from other countries,” Murphy said. “That is a fake problem. That is not a real problem.”
Murphy then cited unnamed sources purportedly showing illegal aliens — who by definition have committed a crime by being here illegally — are actually less likely to be criminals than Americans.
“Nobody likes to hear this, but immigrants, first generation immigrants and undocumented immigrants both commit crimes at rates lower than natural-born Americans, than people that are born here in this country,” Murphy said. “So if you want to live in a safe community, you are actually better off living in a community with people that just got to the United States of America. And so we’re not seeking to solve ‘a problem’ of migrant crime.”
This answer makes a lot of sense if you understand that Democrats have learned absolutely nothing after the 2024 presidential election.
For four years the Biden administration facilitated a mass illegal alien invasion. Democrat cities and states became filled with Third World foreigners. Hotels were turned into migrant shelters, American students were sent home for remote learning so that illegal aliens could sleep in public schools, and taxpayers were forced to feed, clothe, shelter, and protect millions of illegal aliens who had no right to be here.
A September 2025 report by Documented found that over three years, more than 220,000 “asylum seekers and immigrant families” came to New York City, and “many” have “school-aged children.”
“Citywide, more than 13,000 new English Language Learners entered the public school system between the 2022 and 2023 academic years,” according to Documented, which added that NYC public schools were “inundated” with students who can’t speak English.
The country watched as Laken Riley’s mother collapsed to the ground upon hearing her daughter had been murdered by an illegal alien let into the country by President Joe Biden. They watched Jocelyn Nungaray’s mother weep after Nungaray was brutally raped and murdered by illegal aliens let in by Biden.
None of this was “fake” or created by Trump, which is why immigration was perhaps the defining issue of the 2024 election cycle. One Pew Research poll found 61 percent of voters thought immigration was “very important” to their decision, a 13-point increase from 2022.
But Murphy’s message to these voters is that the problem was actually never real to begin with and, in fact, Americans should be grateful Democrats dumped millions of Third Worlders here because now we are apparently safer! Of course that’s not true, which is why Murphy came up with the ridiculous crime argument to sidestep the greater issue, which is that even if we accept Murphy’s bogus claim that immigrants (whether legal or illegal) are safer for Americans to live amongst than actual Americans (notably, Former Assistant Attorney General and former White House deputy assistant for domestic policy Theo Wold told Fox News “There are no reliable statistics showing that illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes — and Democrats are the reason. They have blocked efforts to record and report illegal immigrant crime for decades so they can spout pseudo-statistics like these, made up out of whole cloth”), it doesn’t justify allowing millions of illegal aliens to invade the country and stay here indefinitely.
Immigration isn’t just a crime issue. It’s an issue about the strain on schools, hospitals, housing markets, and resources and most importantly, it’s about national unity and cohesion. Despite Murphy’s insistence that Trump was creating a “fake” problem, having millions of foreigners is extremely dangerous to the country.
As I’ve previously written, mass migration “is a cultural wrecking ball.” Assimilation to the degree necessary to preserve America is impossible with mass migration, whether legal or illegal. In fact, such mass migration is a threat to our safety — despite Murphy’s insistence that illegal aliens and Third World foreigners somehow make Americans more safe.
Alexander Hamilton warned in 1802, “The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common National sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias, and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education and family.”
But there is no national sentiment or uniformity when we are importing millions of Third World foreigners from different languages, cultures, and religions, all things which inhibit their ability to truly assimilate to us.
But to Murphy, all of this is a “fake” problem.
Murphy later gave a preview of what Democrats would do if they regain power, saying that we need to “tear down ICE and rebuild it” adding that “this version of ICE should not remain or come back if Democrats control the presidency or Congress.”
Any moment of clarity post 2024 is gone for Democrats. While the party tried to pretend like it acknowledged the radicalism and problems of their Biden-era immigration policies, Murphy just implicitly acknowledged any messaging by Democrats on border security is a farce. Democrats think Americans’ real and legitimate concerns about mass migration –legal and illegal– are “fake.”
Murphy, like most Democrats, fundamentally just doesn’t think mass illegal migration is wrong. He still thinks enforcing the law is the bigger problem rather than violating the law that is being enforced. If Americans elect Democrats this November they are going to see that the only people who will be targeted are the enforcers of the law rather than the lawbreakers because Democrats just fundamentally do not believe in borders, national sovereignty, or the American people.
Maybe Democrats haven’t learned their lesson on immigration, but hopefully Americans will remember theirs.
