mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend, jameel shaw. they're just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to across our borders, which we can solve. we have to solve it. these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them or share in their pain, believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. but where was the sanctuary for kate steinle? where was children of mary ann and sabine and jameel? where was the sanctuary for all of the other -- oh, it's so sad to even be talking about it. of course we can solve this problem so quickly. where was the sanctuary for all of the other americans who have been so brutally murdered and who have suffered so, so horribly? these wounded ame

mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend, jameel shaw. they're just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders, which we can solve. we have to solve it. these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them or share in their pain, believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. but where was the sanctuary for kate steinle? where was the sanctuary for the children of mary ann and sabine and jameel? where was the sanctuary for all of the other -- oh, it's so sad to even be talking about it. of course we can solve this problem so quickly. where was the sanctuary for all of the other americans who have been so brutally murdered and who have suf

heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants -- mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more. nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost children to violence, spilling across our borders. which we can solve. we have to solve it. [ cheers and applause ] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. [ booing ] but where was the sanctuary for kate steinle? [ applause ] where was the sanctuary for the children of mary ann, and sabine and jamiel? where was the sanctuary for all the other -- it's so sad to be talking about it, because we can solve this problem so quickly. where was the sanctuary for all of the america

we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend, jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close i have to sell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders. which we we have to solve it. [crowd cheering] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. but where was the sanctuary for indicatkate steinle. where was sanctuary for the children of mary ann, sabine and jamiel? where was the sanctuary for all of the other, it's so sad to be talking about it because we can solve this problem so quickly. where was sanctuary for all the other americans who have be

amy: that is so be -- sabine durden speaking at the republican national convention.turn now to look at a report by the american immigration council that won't likely be cited by any speakers at this year's republican national convention. the report found immigrants are less likely than the native-born to engage in criminal behavior and that higher immigration is associated with lower crime rates. joining us now is one of the co-authors of the report, walter ewing, a senior researcher at the american immigration council. his most recent piece is headlined "republican party platform shows little understanding of immigration policy." respond to what we just heard, walter. talk about what the figures really are in this country. well, at the republican convention, they are exploiting personal tragedy for political gain. for decades, study after study have established that higher immigration is associated with lower crime rate. an example, from 1990 to 2013, the share of the u.s. population moved from 7.1% to 13.1%. at the same time, the undocumented population more than t

we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend, jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close i have to sell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders. which we can solve. we have to solve it. [crowd cheering] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. but where was the sanctuary for indicatkate steinle. where was sanctuary for the children of mary ann, sabine and jamiel? where was the sanctuary for all of the other, it's so sad to be talking about it because we can solve this problem so quickly. where was sanctuary for all the other americans

heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants -- mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more. nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence, spilling across our borders. which we can solve. we have to solve it. [ cheers and applause ] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. [ booing ] but where was the sanctuary for kate steinle? [ applause ] where was the sanctuary for the children of mary ann, and sabine and jamiel? where was the sanctuary for all the other -- it's so sad to be talking about it, because we can solve this problem so quickly. where was the sanctuary for all of the a

we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so greatly. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders, which we can solve. we have to solve it. [cheering] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and none too protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants things were cities. >> boo! but where was sanctuary for kate steinle? where was sanctuary for the children of mary ann, sabine and jamiel? is so sad to even be talking about this. we can solve it so quickly. where was sanctuary for all the other americans who have been so brutally murdered, and who have suffered so horribly? these wounded american families have been alone.

heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants -- mary ann mendoza, sabine durdend my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more. nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have

we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so greatly. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders, which we can solve. we have to solve it. [cheering] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and none too protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants things were cities. >> boo! but where was sanctuary for kate steinle? where was sanctuary for the children of mary ann, sabine and jamiel? is so sad to even be talking about this. we can solve it so quickly. where was sanctuary for all the other americans who have been so brutally murdered, and who have suffered so horribly? these wounded american families have been alone.

mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend, jamiel shaw. they're just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders, which we can solve! we have to solve it! >> build that wall! >> these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them or share in their pain, believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. [ booing ] but where was the sanctuary for kate steinle? where was the sanctuary for the children of marianne and sabine and jamiel? where was the sanctuary for all of the other -- oh, it's so sad to even be talking about it, because we can solve this problem so quickly. where was the sanctuary for all of the other americans who have been so br

>> please welcome marianne mendoza, sabine durden, and jamiel shaw. >> my son was killed two years ago by the illegal alien. he was a repeat criminal. ery one of the crimes he committed have laws that should have resulted in court mandated jail ime. but it did not happen. instead, i had my son's wife tolen from the by a man who is was three times the legal limit drunk, was high on meth and drove for over 35 miles the wrong way on four different freeways and he had no business being in this country. my son was an intricate part of the community and his death had left a large void and many eople's lives. this is a good story cut short. he was a modern day cop. he went door-to-door and met everyone on his beat. they invited them in for dinner, he checked in on the utterly, he got drug dealers out of the neighborhood, he advocated for children, he provided an annual thanksgiving dinner. he shopped for children at christmas and he inspired children to stay in school. a memorial is still up in the rea he patrol. y son's life was stolen at the hands of an illegal alien. it is time that we hav

we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so greatly. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders, which we can solve. we have to solve it. [cheering] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and none too protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants things were cities. >> boo! but where was sanctuary for kate steinle? where was sanctuary for the children of mary ann, sabine and jamiel? is so sad to even be talking about this. we can solve it so quickly. where was sanctuary for all the other americans who have been so brutally murdered, and who have suffered so horribly? these wounded american families have been alone.

mary ann mendoza, sabine durden and my friend jamil shaw. they're just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all of my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence, spilling across our borders, which we can solve. we have to solve it. these families have no special interests to represent. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly, none to protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them or share in their pain, believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. but where was the sanctuary for kate steinle? where was the sanctuary for the children of mary ann and sabine and jamile? where was the sanctuary for all of the other -- it's so sad to talk about it. we can solve this so quickly. where was the sanctuary for other americans who have been brutally murdered and suffered so, so, horribly? these wounded american families

we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants mary ann mendoza, sabine durdenand my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so greatly. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders, which we can solve. we have to solve it. [cheering]

we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants mary ann mendoza, sabine durdenhey are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so greatly. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders, which we can solve. we have to solve it. [cheering] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and none too protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants things were cities. >> boo! but where was sanctuary for kate steinle? where was sanctuary for the children of mary ann, sabine and jamiel? is so sad to even be talking about this. we can solve it so quickly. where was sanctuary for all the other americans who have been so brutally murdered, and who have suffered so horribly? these wounded american families have been alone. but they are not alone any lon

[cheering] >> please welcome marianne sabine durden, and jamiel shaw. >> my son was killed two yearslegal alien. he was a repeat criminal. everyone of the crimes committed have laws that should have resulted in court mandated jail time. but it did not happen. instead, i had my son's wife man who is the by a the time the legal limit drunk, was high on meth and drove for onr 35 miles the wrong way four different freeways and he had no business being in this country. my son was an intricate part of the community and his death had left a large void and many people's lives. story cut short. he was a modern day cop. he went door-to-door and met everyone. invited them in for dinner, he checked in on the utterly, he got drug dealers out of the neighborhood, he advocated for children, he provided an annual thanks giving dinner, he shopped for children at christmas and he inspired children to stay in school. a memorial is still up in the area he patrol. my son's life was stolen at the hands of an illegal alien. nt is time that we have a administration that cares more about americans than illeg

along with sabine durden, there is a whole host of good speakers.epresentative michael mccaul will speak, congressman duffy and his wife rachel will speak. they are running for the senate in colorado will speak. a mother of ad fallen u.s. navy seal. mayor rudyns, former giuliani will speak tonight. we will conclude with mrs. trump. we have a great program. have mrs. trump, we lieutenant general michael flynn also speaking after that. i think we have a great lineup tonight. even after that, we have others speaking along with jason beardsley.\ i think we have a great lineup. we are looking forward to it. it will be a great day. we look forward to a successful convention. i think the first day will turn out to be very good. they will take a couple of questions after this. tick-tock abouta what is going to happen. turn it over now to paul manfred talking about what the campaign is doing. >> thank you, john. the theme tonight is make america safe again. context of make america great again which is the overall theme for the convention. to present a pictur