[r9etb]

Beat me to the point about the proportion of the prison population. That's a known quantity.

Sure -- but if the number of illegals is not accurately known, then one doesn't know if illegals are statistically more or less likely than, say, blacks or Hispanic citizens to be in prison.

[brytlea]

I suppose because when they pick you up and toss you in prison they check your status.....
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susie

[Caveman Lawyer]

Sure -- but if the number of illegals is not accurately known, then one doesn't know if illegals are statistically more or less likely than, say, blacks or Hispanic citizens to be in prison.

I'll grant you that, as far as it goes, but as wildly divergent as the estimates are of how many illegals are in the country, I don't think anybody's suggested they come even close to being 30% of the population. In any event, I'm not trying to make a point about criminal proclivity but about strains on our financial resources and criminal justice system.