2006 (First Quarter) INS/FBI Statistical Report on Undocumented Immigrants
CRIME
* 95 % of Warrants in LOS ANGELES are for ILLEGAL ALIENS
* 83 % of Warrants for MURDER in Phoenix Arizona are FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
* 86 % of Warrants for MURDER in Albuquerque New Mexico are for ILLEGAL ALIENS
* 75 % of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque are ILLEGAL ALIENS
* 24.9 % OF ALL INMATES in California detention centers are Mexican Nationals here ILLEGALLY
* 40.1 % of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican Nationals here ILLEGALLY
* 29 % (630,000) Convicted ILLEGAL ALIENS felons fill our state and federal prisons at the cost of $1.5 Billion Annually
* 53 % Plus of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpetrated by ILLEGAL ALIENS
* 50 % Plus of all gang members in Los Angeles are ILLEGAL ALIENS
* 71 % Plus of all apprehended Cars stolen in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California were stolen by ILLEGAL ALIENS or "Transport Coyotes "
* 47 % of cited / stopped Drivers in California have NO License, NO Insurance, and NO Registration for the vehicle of that 47 %, over 92 % were ILLEGAL ALIENS
* 63 % of cited / stopped Drivers in Arizona have NO License, NO Insurance, and NO Registration for the vehicle of that 63 %, over 97 % are ILLEGAL ALIENS
* 66 % of cited / stopped Drivers in New Mexico have NO License, NO Insurance, and NO Registration for the vehicle Of that 66 %, over 98 % were ILLEGAL ALIENS
OK folks -- I'm not out to start a fight, but many (not necessarily all) of the stats given here are just not so.
1. All efforts to find a source (i.e., the "INS/FBI" report) fail. All you get are other references to other bloggers. If anyone has a direct source, post it.
2. The one fact that I can definitively nail is the "630,000 illegal aliens in our prisons." DOJ has an annual statistical report, and the 2005 version has the following:
* State and Federal correctional authorities held 91,117 noncitizens (6.4% of all prisoners), down from 91,815 at midyear 2004.
And here is the link for the full report. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/pjim05.txt
3. Charitably, what could be happening is that someone took the stat "29% of people in FEDERAL prison are illegal aliens" (which may be true -- the feds focus on alien crimes, not the states) and applied that % to the 2+ million in all incarceration, down to your county jail. Which just ain't so. 4. Other sources on the web that have the same "SCREAMING CAPITALS" on illegal aliens also have such silliness as "$2.3 trillion in profits from corporations employing illegal aliens" (That's more than all the profits of all the corporations in the country) and "41% of all illegal aliens are on welfare" (that would exceed the total of all people on welfare, if you believe 20 million illegals, which the same sources usally do.)
None of this is to deny that illegals are a problem -- just that you can't make long-term headway with ranting that won't stand up. The real numbers of illegals in prison, illegals who commit murders, etc. is plenty serious, but we undercut arguments in the long run with phony stats and sources.