{"id":21042,"date":"2019-02-19T20:11:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T01:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=21042"},"modified":"2019-02-19T20:16:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T01:16:30","slug":"busting-myths-about-illegal-aliens-and-crime-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/02\/19\/busting-myths-about-illegal-aliens-and-crime-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Busting Myths About Illegal Aliens And Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"
Countering persistent claims that illegal aliens are more law-abiding than native-born U.S. citizens, new FAIR research<\/a> finds that the reverse is true \u2013 by a wide margin.<\/p>\n Take New York, please. Illegal aliens there are 187 percent more likely to end up in jail than citizens or lawfully present immigrants, FAIR reports. In California, the differential is 231 percent. Eight other states with large illegal alien populations ranged between 42 percent (New Mexico) and 440 percent (New Jersey).<\/p>\n Using data from the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program<\/a> (SCAAP) and cataloging some of the more horrific crimes by illegal aliens, the study confirms what Americans uneasily glimpse on the evening news. It\u2019s worse than the mainstream media let on.<\/p>\n In Texas, unlawfully present aliens are 60 percent more likely to be incarcerated than citizens and legal immigrants.<\/p>\n \u201cTexas\u2019s slightly lower incarceration rate compared to other states is likely due to the increased federal law enforcement presence at and near the state\u2019s border with Mexico, as well as a deterrent effect that stems from Texas\u2019s willingness to prosecute illegal aliens and turn them over to federal law enforcement,\u201d the FAIR study explains.<\/p>\n