Illegal immigrant crimes


Looking at the wrong numbers
While I agree with the sentiment, this post is a little misguided.

"Contrary to public perceptions, crime rates for young, male immigrants are far below those of contemporaries born in the United States, reveals a study released Feb. 26 by the Washington, D.C.-based Immigration Policy Center.

Based on extremely low rates of criminal incarceration of immigrants, the report's findings are consistent with figures from similar past studies.

"The Myth of Immigrant Criminality and the Paradox of Assimilation: Native and Foreign-born Men" draws from 2000 census data. It was prepared by Dr. Ruben Rumbaut of the University of California, Irvine, and Dr. Walter Ewing on the CIS staff.

A large public element still believes otherwise, the authors note, observing that the immigrant-crime myth persists during a period when crime rates have gone down.

It's the wrong measurement. Incarceration rates aren't accurate because many of those arrested are released without ever being charged. That is assuming that they are found in the first place.

That is not to say that there is a high violent crime rate caused by illegal immigrants.

However, there is a very active minority that regularly gets away with violent crime because authorities look the other way and any criticism of their actions is immediately called "racist" and unfair.

That is what happens when you unravel the rule of law.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - July 10, 2007 at 02:31 PM  Tag


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