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Prayers for my son please.
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Prayers for your son and for you.
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Trump’s immigration policies are putting the safety of American citizens at the forefront, where it should have been all along.
- By eclipsenow
- American Politics
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I don't have time to verify your claims here - but I will just point out what they are missing.
Comparisons with native born Americans.
Here's some data that does that!
- U.S.-born citizens commit violent crimes at higher rates per capita than both immigrants and undocumented immigrants.
- Immigrants, regardless of legal status, generally exhibit lower violent crime rates compared to native-born citizens.
- Socioeconomic and legal factors significantly influence the likelihood of committing violent crimes among different populations.
Violent Crime Rates in the United States: A Comprehensive Analysis
Understanding the Per Capita Differences Among U.S. Citizens, Immigrants, and Undocumented Immigrantsithy.com
A new Cato Institute study further refutes claims that illegal migration is somehow causing a crime wave.
Ilya Somin | 4.27.2025 4:29 PM
Claims that illegal immigration is causing a crime wave are ubiquitous on the political right, and likely helped Trump win the 2024 election. But social science studies consistently show that immigrants - including illegal ones - actually have much lower crimes than native-born Americans. A new analysis by my Cato Institute colleague Alex Nowrasteh and political scientist Michelangelo Landgrave is the most thorough and up-to-date assessment yet.
Alex summarizes their findings here:
And this...
Data is clear that immigrants don’t increase crime in the United States, expert says
Donald Trump has staked his deportation plan on claims that migrants are bringing crime to the U.S. A criminologist says the data consistently indicates otherwise.
“There’s absolutely no evidence –– none whatsoever –– that that’s what’s happening on this unprecedented level,” Stowell says. “Not only is crime not going up, it’s not even remaining static. It’s continuing this downward trend as immigration continues to grow.”
National crime rates peaked in the 1980s, but between 1980 and 1990 it dropped by 30.8% and since then has fallen dramatically year over year, Stowell notes. In fact, almost every major form of crime, from violent crime to property crime, has decreased in that time period. It’s not just a historical trend either: Between 2023 and 2024, violent crime fell by 10.3%.
In that same time period, the immigrant population in the U.S. has skyrocketed. In 1980, the foreign-born population in the U.S. accounted for only 6.2%; it hit 15.6% in 2024.
“When people say crime is on the rise, it’s among the safest times to have ever been in America, and it also corresponds to a time when we’ve seen an unprecedented influx of foreign-born individuals,” Stowell says.
Stowell says that if the claims that criminal migrants are driving an increase in violent crime were true, “it would bear out in the statistics. It would have to, especially with violent crimes.”
But, in most cases, immigrants not only don’t increase crime in communities, their presence decreases crime. The relationship between crime and immigrants is near universal across the country, Stowell says: In communities with more immigrants, crime rates, specifically homicide rates, are lower.
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Data is clear that immigrants don't increase crime in the United States, expert says
A Northeastern criminologist says that, statistically, immigrants are associated with less, not more, crime.
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September 28, 20244:17 AM GMT+10Updated September 28, 2024
There is no evidence to suggest undocumented immigrants are responsible for 4,000 U.S. deaths every year, contrary to social media posts sharing the unsubstantiated statistic.
The social media graphic, opens new tab contains statistics comparing the alleged deaths by undocumented immigrants to the number of people killed by rifles.
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“Less than 500 people a year are killed by rifles… let’s ban them! Over 4,000 people a year are killed by illegals... let’s give them $2,200 a month taxpayer assistance, register them to vote in our elections and keep the border wide open to invite more of them into our country,” reads the graphic.
The rifle figure is somewhat true, as fewer than 500 murders were committed yearly with rifles from 2019 to 2021 according to the FBI’s latest annual figures, opens new tab, but the figure rose to 556 in 2022 and 511 in 2023 (See “Crime in the United States Annual Reports,” click “Expanded Homicide Tables” and open “Table 8”). The number of homicides committed using all types of firearms was 13,529 in 2023, according to the report.
There is no evidence for the “4,000” figure, however. Studies and estimates by academics and think tanks show undocumented immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than U.S.-born individuals.
NO NATIONAL STATISTIC
There is no nationwide data on crimes committed specifically by undocumented immigrants, but research shows they do not commit crimes at a higher rate than native-born Americans.
“We know of no national statistics on the numbers of deaths committed by unauthorized immigrants,” Michelle Mittelstadt, communications director of the Migration Policy Institute think tank, said in an email.
Despite the lack of official data, there is significant research demonstrating “unauthorized immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than the U.S. born,” Mittelstadt said.
Texas is the only state that logs immigration status in its arrest records, and several studies use data from the Texas Department of Public Safety to examine criminality among immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
TEXAS DATA
Two studies found that undocumented immigrants in Texas commit homicide at significantly lower rates than their U.S.-born counterparts.
A June 2024 analysis, opens new tab by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute’s Alex Nowrasteh found that, for the years 2013-2022, the homicide conviction rate in Texas for “illegal immigrants” was 2.2 per 100,000, while that of native-born Americans was 3.0 per 100,000.
For example, in 2022, undocumented immigrants made up about 7.1% of the Texas population and accounted for 67, or 5%, of the 1,336 people, opens new tab convicted of homicide.
That same year, 1,209, or 90.5%, of people convicted of homicide were native-born Americans, who made up 82.5% of the population, the analysis said.
“I’ve seen zero evidence for illegal immigrants killing 4,000 people a year,” Nowrasteh said in an email. “I've never seen that number defended by anybody spreading it.”
Similarly, a 2020 study, opens new tab published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal found that undocumented immigrants were less than half as likely to be arrested for homicide than U.S.-born citizens, based on Texas data.
The study, by Michael Light, sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and two other researchers, found the arrest rate, opens new tab for homicide was 1.9 per 100,000 people among undocumented immigrants and 4.8 per 100,000 among U.S.-born citizens from 2012 to 2018.
IMPLAUSIBLE STATISTIC
The social media graphic’s assertion that undocumented immigrants kill 4,000 people per year is unlikely even when taken at face value, Light said in an email.
“Put simply, the 4000 figure is implausibly large given what we currently know,” he said.
When applying the figure by using the Pew Research Center’s latest estimates of 11 million, opens new tab “unauthorized immigrants” in the U.S. in 2022, the homicide rate would be 36.4 per 100,000 people.
“This would be greater than a six-fold higher homicide rate than the overall homicide rate,” Light said. The murder rate in the U.S. in 2023 was 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to the FBI’s annual report on crime statistics released on Monday.
VERDICT
No evidence. There is no evidence that 4,000 people are killed by undocumented immigrants every year.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work.
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Trump’s immigration policies are putting the safety of American citizens at the forefront, where it should have been all along.
- By Lukaris
- American Politics
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You were trashing red states in general and I wasn’t referring to illegal immigrants in this instance. I was saying large metro blue cities drag up the homicide rates in red states just like in blue states.
The chart in my post shows homicides by illegal aliens at 3 in 2020 vs 60 in 2021 & 2022. Border enforcement dropped homicides by illegal aliens increased dramatically. Homicides by illegals fell to 29 in 2023 & 24. Border enforcement seems to be proportionally reducing illegal alien crime rates across the board in 2025 although this is only 7 months in of course.
Deporting convicted citizen criminals to foreign jails is a dangerous idea and so is negligence of human trafficking.
11,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children Placed With Unvetted Sponsors Under Biden, Senator Finds
The Biden administration placed thousands of illegal alien children in the care of unvetted sponsors, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley.
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Trump’s immigration policies are putting the safety of American citizens at the forefront, where it should have been all along.
- By eclipsenow
- American Politics
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Trump's immigration policies are like complaining that a river of gold is pouring into America, and we've just got to stop that river!
They are MORE law abiding than native-born Americans, and generate MORE revenue than it costs to keep them!
What has happened to Republicans that they do not value human beings as the economic units they used to simplify them as?
Racist FUD has taken over.
Actual peer-reviewed demographic, crime, and social studies have been nerfed.
I guess anything Trump does not like is "fake news"?
Look away Republicans - inconvenient truths below!
Look away. Have a nice cup of warm milk and a cookie before bed.
You'll forget all about these uncomfortable realities - I swear!
They are MORE law abiding than native-born Americans, and generate MORE revenue than it costs to keep them!
What has happened to Republicans that they do not value human beings as the economic units they used to simplify them as?
Racist FUD has taken over.
Actual peer-reviewed demographic, crime, and social studies have been nerfed.
I guess anything Trump does not like is "fake news"?
Look away Republicans - inconvenient truths below!
Look away. Have a nice cup of warm milk and a cookie before bed.
You'll forget all about these uncomfortable realities - I swear!
Opponents of illegal immigration worry about crime, as well as possible social and economic burdens caused by migration.[8] Opponents also insist immigrants enter the United States through a formal process and do not want to reward those bypassing the system.[9][10]
Research shows that illegal immigrants increase the size of the US economy, contribute to economic growth, enhance the welfare of natives, contribute more in tax revenue than they collect, reduce American firms' incentives to offshore jobs and import foreign-produced goods, and benefit consumers by reducing the prices of goods and services.[11][12][13][14] Economists estimate that legalization of the illegal immigrant population would increase the immigrants' earnings and consumption considerably, and increase US gross domestic product.[15][16][17][18] Most scientific studies have shown that undocumented immigrants commit less crime than natives and legal immigrants.[19][20][21] Sanctuary cities—which adopt policies designed to avoid prosecuting people solely for being in the country illegally—have no statistically meaningful impact on crime.[22][23] Research suggests that immigration enforcement has no impact on crime rates.[22][24][25]
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Illegal immigration to the United States - Wikipedia
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Trump hiding heavily-bruised hand with makeup
- By RileyG
- News & Current Events (Articles Required)
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Is it possible, as an older person, he gets bruised easily or may have an iron deficiency?
People Can't Stop Talking About Those New Viral Images Of Trump's Hand
They're talking about his hand, again.share.google
What intravenous drugs do you think he's receiving? What medical conditions is he hiding?
I don’t know for sure.
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