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Newt Gingrich raised concern over criminal illegal immigrants this summer, writing for The Washington Times that some of those entering the U.S. illegally “have gang connections, including members of the famous MS-13 El Salvadorian gang.”
Over 30 years ago, the notorious “Willie Horton ad,” a hard-hitting negative political ad dramatizing the case of a convicted murderer serving a life sentence who committed violent crimes while on furlough, sank Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis’ campaign against then-Vice President George H. W. Bush. Amid a surge in arrests of criminal noncitizens, those committing crimes in the U.S. after having entered illegally may be the new Willie Hortons.
Newt Gingrich raised concern over criminal illegal immigrants this summer, writing for The Washington Times that some of those entering the U.S. illegally “have gang connections, including members of the famous MS-13 El Salvadorian gang.” He added that “74 percent of the MS-13 defendants in custody were here illegally,” according to a 2020 Department of Justice report.
