welcome back to America decides here at day two of the Republican National Convention fact FBI crime statistics show crime is down and that's also what statistics in major American cities show but how do actual voters feel about crime itself CBS News executive director of Elections and surveys Anthony salvanto joins us now answer that question for us Anthony how you doing major great to talk to you and here's the thing is crime factor in people's vote yeah for a majority of people it is in fact for majority it's a major factor having said that one of the things as we explain to people contextualize why you're going to see this conversation tonight for Republicans it's even more so it's three quarters of Republicans that say crime is a major factor in their vote and look a lot of this is going to happen with your favorite candidate but Republicans do feel that if Donald Trump gets elected that crime rate will go down or at least your point the presidency he is the perfect candidate Anthony santu in New York thank you so very much want to continue this conversation by bringing in our CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya Galvez because Camilo as you well know for republicans and for former president Trump one of the prisms by which their voters and the former president view crime is through migrants crossing the border explain to our audience what the facts are what do we know you know former president Trump is yet again making immigration a major pillar to his presidential campaign and his bid to return to the White House and there have been record numbers of Migrant Crossings along the US Mexico border under the bid Administration that is true about 8 million migrant encounters that is a fact but not every single one of those encounters equals an individual migrant major because many of these migrants are crossing the border multiple times illegally and are being counted multiple times on those tallies it is also important to underscore that not every migrant who is processed is allowed to stay the bid Administration is actually unbeknownst to a lot of people carried out over 4 million deportations explosions and returns of migrants so half of those encounters have actually resulted in migrants being kicked out of the US but it is still a major issue we have seen a recent decrease a sharp decrease in illegal Crossing since President Biden made most migrants ineligible for Asylum under that executive action and since then we have seen Republicans pivot to another immigration concern and that is of crime tying immigration and crime into one issue politically they are highlighting some pness heinous crimes rather committed by undocumented immigrants here in the US but statistics show if I understand this correct Camilo over and over and this is something that I I've told that analysts agree across the board Republicans and Democrats who look at this ideologically that migrants commit fewer crimes than Native Americans across the board the data is not very comprehensive on this question major but the analyses that are available do not show that migrants are committing crimes at a higher rate than native born American citizens in fact border patrol data actually shows that criminals make up a very tiny fraction of the people who are processed crossing the US Mexico border and anecdotally I can tell you that most of the migrants I've met here in the US and across the border are people who are fleeing desperate circumstances whether it's poverty whether it's violence they may not qualify for a but they're starting not criminals or terrorist thank you so much for those facts that perspective as always for to like And subscribe I'll be back for you once again