[NormsRevenge]

On the Net:

Read the full report at:

www.ailf.org/ipc/special_report/pr_feb07.html

[L98Fiero]

"A common perception that immigrants are responsible for much of the nation's crime..."

So common I've never heard it.

[william clark]

A common perception that immigrants are responsible for much of the nation's crime is not supported by evidence, according to a study released Monday by an immigrant rights group.

Over 90% of illegal immigrants surveyed while being held in regional detention centers indicated that they were, in fact, innocent of any wrongdoing.

[RC2]

Guess they never went to San Diego, Los Angeles or any border town. Bunch of fools.

[gardencatz]

Do they make a distinction between legal and illegal immigrants? I mean illegal immigrants have ALREADY committed a crime by just being here. Immigrants that come here through legal channels want to make a better life for themselves which is the whole reason they're here and would thus want to obey the law.

Cindie

[Tirian]

"Researchers said they did not analyze legal and illegal immigrant populations separately, because the U.S. Census data does not ask whether immigrants are in the country legally or illegally."

The Achilles heel of their approach

[flashbunny]

oh boy, an anti-fence, pro illegal group releases a 'study' with cooked numbers that supports their stance? Shocking!

"Fencing In Failure: Effective Border Control Is Not Achieved By Building More Fences
by Jason Ackleson for the Immigration Policy Center"

http://www.ilw.com/articles/2005,0713-Ackleson.shtm

[darkwing104]

How much differece would it change the figures if we seperated illegal immigrants from Legal Immigrants.

My take is the Legals pretty much behave themselves. Also, not all illegals are latinos either.

[RJL]

A common perception that immigrants are responsible for much of the nation's crime is not supported by evidence, according to a study released Monday by an immigrant rights group.

BS!

The illegals are 4% of the US population yet they make up 27% of all federal prison inmates.

[TexasCajun]

...according to a study released Monday by an immigrant rights group.

Ahhhh, No bias or agenda from this group I bet.

[Publius6961]

A common perception that immigrants are responsible for much of the nation's crime is not supported by evidence, according to a study released Monday by an immigrant rights group.

According to me, the first sentence of this article also does not support the headline.

But then, hyperbole is the mother's milk of mindless activism...

[Arrowhead1952]

[Gay State Conservative]

Speaking of illegal aliens (rather than the legal ones) I can accept that they,collectively,don't commit "most" of the nations crime.The main reason why I can accept this is because illegals make up,perhaps,three percent of the total number of people residing here.

OTOH,there's no way that I will *ever* believe that illegals don't commit a portion of this nation's crimes that are way,way,*way* out of proportion to their numbers in this country.

[Brilliant]

"Violent and property crime rates have dropped 34 percent and 26 percent respectively since 1994."


Typically, politically motivated studies like this are based on selective use of statistics. They search thru all the data trying to find one year in the last 10 that they can use to argue their point. Nevermind that if they'd chosen any other year, it would have refuted their argument.

[Brilliant]

Since illegal immigrants compose less than 10% of the population, the fact that the are not responsible for the majority of the crimes proves nothing.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Report: [LEGAL] Immigrants do not commit most crimes"

Fixed

[Publius6961]

Violent and property crime rates have dropped 34 percent and 26 percent respectively since 1994. At the same time, the illegal immigrant population doubled to an estimated 12 million, according to the study, called the Myth of Immigrant Criminality and the Paradox of Assimilation.

But critics said the study is biased and based on incomplete Census data.

Until these propagandists tell us what percentage of the crime was committed by illegal aliens in 1994 and today, the fact that overall crime has gone down is totally and terminally irrelevant!

[mewzilla]

But since we obviously have more than enough homegrown crooks, drunks, and perverts, why import thousands more?

And even though the victims of illegals aren't the majority of crime victims, don't they count? More proof that to 'Rats and RINOs not all crime victims are created equal.

[JohnnyZ]

One of the key findings the study cites is that U.S.-born men, ages 18-39, are five times more likely to be incarcerated than foreign-born men in the same age group.

And how would those numbers change if all the illegal immigrants were arrested, hmmm?

[Uncle Hal]

The Immigration Policy Center is a pro immigration group. They published this study. That is all you need to know. The study is so bogus , it needs no further discussion.

[jetson]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094926727128068265&q=number