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Illegal immigrants sent to jail at a rate 4 times higher than U.S. citizens: study
The Washington Times ^ | February 5, 2019 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 02/05/2019 8:02:41 AM PST by jazusamo

Nearly 3 percent of illegal immigrants in Arizona end up in state prison or jail during the course of a year — four times the rate of U.S. citizens and legal residents, according to a study that uses federal reimbursements for prisons and jails to try to calculate one of the most important yet elusive statistics in the immigration debate.

In New Jersey, illegal immigrants are incarcerated five times more often, and rates on the West Coast are triple that of legal residents and citizens, according to the study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

FAIR based its calculations on federal government reimbursements to states and localities under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which pays some of the costs for holding illegal immigrants in prisons and jails. To make the payments, the federal government must determine whether an inmate is definitely or possibly in the country illegally. FAIR used the number to then calculate overall incarceration rates.

The method is not without controversy. One analyst dismissed the calculations, saying SCAAP data counts are not comparable to other incarceration counts.

But FAIR says the SCAAP numbers are the best calculation because they focus on those known to be arrested on criminal charges and whom federal officials have concluded are in the country illegally.

In the 10 states FAIR selected, they determined that illegal immigrants ended up behind bars at higher rates, per capita.

“This study should put to rest, once and for all, the notion that illegal aliens commit crimes at a lower rate than legal residents,” FAIR President Dan Stein said. “By focusing on states with significant illegal alien populations and that consistently report to the SCAAP program, FAIR’s study refutes this erroneous claim.”

(Excerpt) Read more at outline.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; crime; criminalaliens; fair; illegalaliens; immigration; jailbirds; prisons
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But liberals say illegal aliens only come here for jobs, most decent people don't consider crime a legitimate job.
1 posted on 02/05/2019 8:02:41 AM PST by jazusamo
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Someone needs to add up ALL the costs... prison, courts, extra police, emergency room treatments, care for dependent children etc. It’s time for Americans to know what liberal ‘compassion’ is costing our communities.


2 posted on 02/05/2019 8:05:28 AM PST by GOPJ (Does anyone really want America to be more like Tallahassee, South Bend or Newark? - - Greenfield)
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To: jazusamo

Because they are committing 4x as many crimes.


3 posted on 02/05/2019 8:06:24 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: jazusamo

Right off the bat they committed a crime by crossing the border illegally. It was apparent right then they don’t obey laws and rules of society. No shock they continue to commit crimes at a higher rate.


4 posted on 02/05/2019 8:09:11 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.S)
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To: GOPJ

Exactly...I venture a guess that what illegals aliens are costing us per year would build a wall and pay for additional Border Patrol agents several times over what President Trump is asking for.


5 posted on 02/05/2019 8:10:02 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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Illegal immigrants sent to jail at a rate 4 times higher than U.S. citizens

Easily remedied, the cops should just arrest the nearest White, Christian, Straight, Protestant, Male and railroad him for the crime, then the stats would show what the Prog Media want.

6 posted on 02/05/2019 8:11:42 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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To: jazusamo

THEY ARE ILLEGAL!.........................


7 posted on 02/05/2019 8:12:44 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: jazusamo

Clear evidence of an unjust legal system!

/Liberal loons


8 posted on 02/05/2019 8:13:54 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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ALL illegal aliens MUST commit crimes daily to continue their illegal presence.

Fraudulent documents.
Illegal work.
Benefit fraud.

We should not wait until they harm or kill Americans before they are removed.


9 posted on 02/05/2019 8:15:03 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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four times the rate of U.S. citizens and legal residents,
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Duh! What does the term illegal mean. They have committed a crime. If found, they should be apprehended..


10 posted on 02/05/2019 8:16:10 AM PST by Yulee
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MAGA!

Let's wrap this FReepathon up, Folks!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

11 posted on 02/05/2019 8:18:53 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: GOPJ

There is a map of the US showing (tip) of the iceberg) costs by individual states for illegals. Search “costs illegal immigrants by state”.

The figures show only measureable by accounting, not the overall devastating costs to society.


12 posted on 02/05/2019 8:19:22 AM PST by Cold Heart (The main purpose of The Wall is to protect the US from its own politicians.)
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"sent to jail at a rate 4 times higher than U.S. citizens" or commit crimes at a 4 times rate than US citizens?
13 posted on 02/05/2019 8:20:29 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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The illegal immigrants that are in our prisons should be deported back to their respective countries post haste. Not only would it save a bunch of taxpayers money it would permanently get them out of of our country. Furthermore, refusal by the illegals’ countries to accept them should not be an option.


14 posted on 02/05/2019 8:24:01 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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People who don't go through a legal way of entering a country are criminals.

Asia will deport with prejudice anyone entering their country without or overstaying their visa.

It will also deport any non citizen that screws about with their culture or their people.

The majority of the western world died the moment they stopped protecting their people.

There is no going back,

15 posted on 02/05/2019 8:24:57 AM PST by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: jazusamo

The point is that illegals are treated unfairly in our legal system, since they are imprisoned out of proportion to their numbers. Trying to make you think that citizens and legals are “let off” while the poor illegals are locked up.


16 posted on 02/05/2019 8:25:35 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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Just doing the crime Americans won’t do.

Thank you, Jorge Bush, Bill Clinton, Barry Soetoro, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Chamber of Corruption, Dims in general, and a whole host of open-borders persons and organizations.

You are destroying our nation but presumably you’re getting well compensated to do so.


17 posted on 02/05/2019 8:30:09 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (John)
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To: Cold Heart

When I did a search it just came back with this article... but I did find this - some of the costs to Floridians... If you have a link I’d like to see the nation-wide costs.

https://www.crosswalk.com/1344664/

“The costs to Floridians, according to the report, is more than $4 billion a year in providing public education to the children of illegal immigrants, about $165 million a year in non-reimbursed costs for health care, and about $155 million a year to jail illegal aliens in county and state correctional facilities.”

“In reality, low-wage illegal alien labor is prohibitively expensive, when the costs of vital public services are factored into the equation,” Stein saidd. “Average Floridians are being forced to subsidize illegal immigration and the burden will increase rapidly unless federal, state and local governments begin working together to stem the massive influx.”


18 posted on 02/05/2019 8:32:31 AM PST by GOPJ (Does anyone really want America to be more like Tallahassee, South Bend or Newark? - - Greenfield)
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To: jazusamo

So where is the link to the Washington Times? Your link is different.


19 posted on 02/05/2019 8:33:06 AM PST by Revel
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But..but...but... the left keeps saying that immigrants - including illegal immigrants - have far lower rates of crime than Native Born Americans.

Have we been lied to by the open borders industry?

Trump needs to address this tonight!

20 posted on 02/05/2019 8:33:47 AM PST by Bon of Babble (In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!!)
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