FIRST ON FOX: As the White House touts "collapsing" violent crime rates in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security is pointing to the deportation of violent criminal illegal immigrants as the "common sense" reason. A new analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) released this month reported that homicides will "likely" reach a "new historic low" in the U.S. as most crime rates continue to decline mid-year. Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital, "It is common sense. When you remove criminals from the country, crime rates fall." It’s no surprise that this drop in crime coincides with deportations of dangerous criminal illegal aliens," she said.