Posted on 10/06/2008 3:56:05 PM PDT by az4vlad
Overall, 16.5% of violent crimes in Maricopa County can be linked to illegal immigrants. The average cost for each offense? A whopping $20,000, which includes prosecution, incarceration, and other costs. This study breaks down felonies committed into categories, revealing that contrary to media myths, illegal immigrants commit more crimes in categories completely separate from the crime of illegally crossing the border. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has released a groundbreaking study with the help of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office breaking down the numbers of felonies illegal immigrants in Maricopa County commit. Contrary to media myths, illegal immigrants commit more felonies than the rest of the population on average. Even when crimes that may be related to smuggling are taken out of the equation, illegal immigrants still commit most felonies at higher rates. Illegal immigrants make up 9% of the population in Arizona, but are sentenced to 20.3% of all felony DUIs.
Illegal immigrants are sentenced for 10.3% of sex crimes, 13.1% of auto thefts, and 12.6% of all thefts including shoplifting. In crimes that might be related to illegal entry, illegal immigrants account for 35.8% of sentences for kidnapping, 85.3% of sentences for criminal impersonation/false ID, and 50% of sentences for chop shops.
Overall, 16.5% of violent crimes can be linked to illegal immigrants. The average cost for each offense? A whopping $20,000, which includes prosecution, incarceration, and other costs. 18.5% of property crimes are due to illegal immigrants.
The GAO studied 55,000 illegal immigrants and found that on average, each had been arrested for 13 offenses. 80% of the arrests occurred in California, Arizona, and Texas. It costs $61.74 per day to house a prison inmate in Arizona. Combine that enormous cost with Arizona’s tax and spend governor Janet Napolitano, and it comes as no surprise that Arizona’s economy is suffering and facing a $2 billion dollar deficit.
The reason why illegal immigrants commit more crimes may be because a large portion of them are young males. Young males of any nationality commit crimes at a higher rate than other segments of the population. The findings in this study reinforce the wisdom of shifting public policy to an approach that encourages legal immigration, which spreads out the demographics more evenly, ending unnecessary stigmas towards those south of our border in particular.
For updated news on illegal immigration, including a free weekly newsletter, visit illegalimmigrationjournal.com. For the press release on this report, click here. The full report is here; go to page 6 for the chart breakdown of crimes.
Well, many of them are learning to drive on our roads and highways.
Where I live in CT it’s about 90% illegals committing DUI. It’s always the same, no license, no registration, no insurance, DUI. They usually always leave the scene but seldom get that charge added. Today there was an article in the local paper and a illegal was just arrested over the weekend for his THIRD DUI.
“You know by their SILENCE ON THIS, all three of them, GOP/ DEMOCRATS/MSM, that something really NASTY is planned for the Spring of 2009.”
Recreate94 in 2010!
No worries. McCain will enable the Rats to pass anything they want, as an act of revenge against conservatives, and then, when the excrement hits the fan, everybody will blame the conservatives.
I explain stats to the average person like this.....while walking through the mall 1 of every 10 people you pass is here illegally. You should see their eyes pop.
Excellent way of putting it for the clueless. Numbers in the millions and percentages don't seem to register to them until it's put in simplistic everyday terms. May I use that in my tagline?
Sure, use it. ;)
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I see FOX just reported on another big raid this morning with 300 arrested in SC. I suspect it’s gonna get bigger because the company they raided is under investigation in several states.
Aggravated DUIs by illegals pales in comparison of the damage illegals and their enablers have done to the US financial and credit markets via ALT-A and sub-prime mortgage loan defaults. Some day the light of truth will shine on the enormity of their devastating impact to this nation.
We are crazy if we think that illegals are helping us in any way whatsoever!
BTT!
Anyone who has been arrested 13 times is a habitual criminal. These are the people that they want to give amnesty to!!
One in 10 of us is here illegally. Here’s another way to look at it.
-What does AMNESTY look like?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1840655/posts
Do you realize if this AMNESTY happens we are in effect creating the equivilent of adding over 17 more states to this country? And that’s not even considering the chain migration that is in the Senate bill.
Please look at what giving amnesty to as many as 20,000,000 illegal alien foreign nationals actually represents. More than the population of 16 states and DC!
According to the 2000 census, 18,785,867 is the total populations combined of Wyoming, Dist. of Columbia, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Rhode Island, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, Idaho, Nebraska, West Virginia, New Mexico and Nevada.
THINK about that.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/population.shtml
Roger on that; they just have trouble with that dadgum firewater.
The liberal answer would be to arrest more white people for DUI -
the “undocumented immigrants” are obviously being unfairly targeted.
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