{"id":4205,"date":"2013-07-23T18:08:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T22:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=4205"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:47:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:47:25","slug":"are-illegal-aliens-less-likely-to-commit-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/07\/23\/are-illegal-aliens-less-likely-to-commit-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Illegal Aliens Less Likely to Commit Crime?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Apologists for illegal aliens often assert that illegal aliens are more law abiding than legal U.S. residents. An example is this comment from an assistant sociology professor<\/a> at the University of Dayton: “The private prison industry has profited immensely from dramatic increases in immigrant detention-increases that have taken place despite research showing immigrants commit less crime in their communities than native-born U.S. residents.”<\/p>\n That assertion is true only if the term “immigrants” is defined to mean only persons who entered the country legally as immigrants. But the assistant professor was making an argument that we should accommodate illegal aliens because they have been exploited, so it is clear from the context that he is using the term “immigrant” to refer to those who came illegally or stayed illegally after a legal entry. The data show that this population commits more – not less – crime than native-born Americans.<\/p>\n