What Crime Data Says About the Effects of Texas Busing Migrants

The social science data is one-sided, finding that immigration does not lead to an increase in crime.  However, immigrants often have been blamed for crime, including by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.  The Marshall Project looked at the claim.

“The Marshall Project has previously reported that there is no evidence linking an increase in immigration to higher local crime rates — whether it’s unauthorized, or includes lawful immigrants. The Marshall Project took a closer look at crime data in cities that received a significant number of migrants from Texas since spring 2022 — including New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Denver. Our analysis showed that despite recent media coverage, policing data doesn’t show a link between crime and the recent influx of migrants. Rather, crime in these cities largely follows national trends for big cities.” (bold added).

KJ