Immigrants and Crime

From the Immigration Policy Center:

In an effort to provide factual analysis to recent media stories about the ongoing debate over immigration and crime, the Immigration Policy Center prepared the following fact sheet and blog post about the myth of a supposed link between immigration and crime, which has long been based on emotion rather than fact. Although study upon study over the past century has demonstrated that immigration is not associated with more crime, the “myth of immigrant criminality” persists.

From Anecdotes to Evidence: Setting the Record Straights on Immigrants and Crime
(IPC Fact Sheet, September 10, 2008)

Separating Fact From Fiction About Immigrants and Crime
(ImmigrationImpact.com Blog Post, January 12, 2009)

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For more information contact Wendy Sefsaf at 202-507-7524 or wsefsaf@ailf.org or Andrea Nill, 202-507-7520 or ipc@ailf.org

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