“What’s more, the arrival of record numbers of immigrants at the United States–Mexico border over the past two years has not corresponded with an overall increase in crime.”
— newamericanld.bsky.social (@NewAmericanLd) June 12, 2024
The @BrennanCenter debunks myths around the so-called migrant crime wave ⬇️https://t.co/0x2h3XsaZM
Some politicians and pundits are pushing the idea that immigrants are more likely to commit crimes. Not only is that claim false, the opposite is true. https://t.co/ofXCHEEMIf
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) June 7, 2024
Here's a Stat That Republicans don't want you to know:
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) February 28, 2024
Undocumented immigrants, on average, reduce the crime rate per capita in America, according to a study in Texas between 2012-18:
– US-Born citizens commit Murder 252% more than Undocumented immigrants.
– US-Born citizens… pic.twitter.com/WjDNzF0bm9
Trump’s 2015 claim that immigrants were criminals was novel enough that his party was skeptical. Enter Fox News, talking about migrants and crime more than twice as much as CNN and MSNBC combined. https://t.co/irDqfUUJRg
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 27, 2024
There’s been an explosion of research into the rates at which undocumented immigrants commit crime. Guess what? Immigrants do NOT engage in more crime than native-born people in the U.S. And immigration actually can cause crime to go down. https://t.co/XVCi572gBG pic.twitter.com/ecYqi5uugi
— Emily A. The Spirit of Jezebel (@emzorbit) February 28, 2024
Sad! 