President Donald Trump is deporting hundreds of thousands of criminal migrants, and crime is dropping sharply across America — yet the elite media is acting like this is some unsolved riddle of the universe.
Axios declared on social media, “Crime plunges in major cities despite Trump’s crackdown rhetoric,” adding, “Experts aren’t sure why violent crime continues to fall.” That framing didn’t go unnoticed.
“This ridiculous framing is why Americans don’t trust the media,” said White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. She spelled it out plainly: Trump is securing the border, mobilizing federal law enforcement, and deporting the worst criminal illegal aliens — and that is what’s driving the drop in crime.
“Funny way of saying: ‘Crime went down under Trump,’” quipped commentator Scott Jennings.
Axios quickly deleted its original post and replaced it with a toned-down version: “Violent crime dropped sharply across America’s biggest cities in 2025, according to new data reviewed by Axios.” No cause mentioned, of course — just vibes and mystery.
Back on January 14, the White House released a statement titled “Mass Deportations Are Improving Americans’ Quality of Life,” pointing to deportation-driven declines in crime and rent, along with gains in wages and employment. But establishment outlets have largely ignored the connection between migration and crime, even as Republican candidates highlight arrests and removals in their own districts using federal databases.
Trump’s aggressive deportation effort was further detailed in a Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News showing nearly 400,000 arrests of criminal and non-criminal migrants in his first year back in office. About 14 percent of those arrested had charges or convictions for violent crimes.
The document listed roughly 2,100 arrests involving homicide charges or convictions, 2,700 for robbery, and 5,400 for sexual assault. Another 43,000 had assault charges or convictions. Around 1,100 were tied to kidnapping and 350 to arson offenses.
Even so, Axios continued to downplay the link between deportations and falling crime. “Experts aren’t sure why violent crime continues to fall,” the outlet repeated in its article — written by a reporter known for advocating increased migration.
That same reporter previously argued that immigrants arrested for homicides made up less than one percent of at-large ICE arrests over a six-year period, according to an earlier Axios review.
What’s happening now, however, is harder to spin: large-scale deportations of criminal migrants are happening at the same time violent crime is dropping. The public can see the pattern, even if the press pretends it’s coincidence.
Once again, Trump is delivering results that speak louder than headlines — safer streets, stronger enforcement, and a government finally acting in the interest of law-abiding Americans. And no matter how quietly it’s reported, the outcome is exactly what voters asked for.
