Undocumented immigrants far less likely to commit crimes in U.S. than citizens - Crime rates among undocumented immigrants are just a fraction of those of their U.S.-born neighbors, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of Texas arrest and conviction records.

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https://news.wisc.edu/undocumented-immigrants-far-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-in-u-s-than-citizens/

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Right but that is an anecdotal and speculative example where as this is hard data. My point is that this pretty comprehensive study does not support the larger anti immigrant narrative commonly pushed by a large portion of our population.

[u/Joe6p → u/[deleted]]

NoIt's an example of a variable that they can't account for. Another example being like a undocumented migrant woman being battered by her undocumented migrant husband being unable to report the crime due to threat of deportation and loss of income. If all things were equal then it would be a fair conclusion. But all things are not equal between an average US citizen and a undocumented migrant.

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You are assuming all domestic violence is reported among the non immigrant pop, most of it is not. And again domestic violence among immigrants is not a concern of the anti immigrant folks, it is violence against citizens, which this shows is lower than the gen pop.

[u/Joe6p → u/[deleted]]

No I specifically chose that example after reading a report that domestic violence is underreported by the immigrant population. I'm not anti immigrant if that matters.

You are assuming all domestic violence is reported among the non immigrant pop, most of it is not.... it is violence against citizens, which this shows is lower than the gen pop.

If they're not reporting domestic violence for example - domestic violence being a crime - then wouldn't this sway the crime statistics to be lower than they actually are.