“Isn’t it so extraordinary to learn that there’s no real correlation between immigration and violent crime?” host Russell Brand says in a recent episode of “The Trews.” He argues that watching Fox News and listening to Donald Trump creates a sense that immigration is the worst problem the country faces, even when facts contradict this.

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