You’re More Likely to Die Choking Than Be Killed by Foreign Terrorists, Data Show

The following article by Emmanuelle Saliba was posted on the NBC News website February 1, 2017:

You’re more likely to die from being buried alive or from choking on food than at the hands of foreign-born terrorists attacking on American soil.

The death rate data was compiled by NBC News in light of a recent report by the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute, which found the likelihood of an American being killed in an immigrant-initiated terrorist strike in any given year is just one in 3.64 million, including those murdered on 9/11.

Other scenarios that are likelier to occur than a terrorist attack carried out by a foreign-born national include: Continue reading “You’re More Likely to Die Choking Than Be Killed by Foreign Terrorists, Data Show”