The Cost of Crimmigration
Exploring the Intersection Between Criminal Justice and Immigration
Exploring the Intersection Between Criminal Justice and Immigration
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Public<br />
While non-citizens commit crime at lower rates<br />
than natural-born citizens, they face<br />
disproportionate arrest and sentencing rates at<br />
the local, state, and federal levels.<br />
Recent rhetoric about the<br />
relationship between criminal<br />
Percentage <strong>of</strong> Noncitizens<br />
in Total Incarcerated<br />
Population<br />
activity and immigrants is false.<br />
Research shows that non-citizens<br />
commit far less crime than native-<br />
born citizens.<br />
Non-citizens Incarcerated at State and<br />
Federal Levels = 88,248<br />
Federal Criminal Offenses <strong>of</strong><br />
Undocumented Non-citizens<br />
99% <strong>of</strong> the people locked up in the<br />
federal system for immigration<br />
violations were arrested for drug<br />
or immigration <strong>of</strong>fenses. Less than<br />
1% are arrested for<br />
murder/manslaughter.
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