For those who believe former President Donald Trump’s view on the immigration crisis in the U.S. to be hyperbole, Bernie Kerik told Newsmax on Monday they should look at New York and other big cities across the U.S.

“For the people that’s making those kinds of comments, I’d urge them to take a walk through the streets of New York City and watch people defecating on the sidewalks, urinating in public, snatching chains, robbing people,” Kerik, a former New York Police Commissioner, told “American Agenda.” “We’ve gone back to the days of the ’70s and ’80s in violent crime, and it’s almost barbaric at this point, and a lot of those engaged in this violent crime happen to be illegals that have poured over the borders over the last 3 1/2 years.”

Many have criticized Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, for blaming President Joe Biden for letting in millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, leading to rising incidents of violent crime by illegal immigrants.

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