Originally Posted by nihilist

as uncovered in the report "crime, corrections, and california: what does immigration have to do with it?" by the public policy institute of california.

key findings:
u.s.-born men are jailed in state prisons at a rate more than three times higher than foreign-born men, and they are 10 times more likely to land behind bars!

male mexican nationals ages 18 to 40 -- those more likely to have entered the country illegally -- are more than eight times less likely than their u.s.-born counterparts to be imprisoned!

from 2000 to 2005, cities in which large proportions of the state's immigrant population called home experienced crime dips far greater than cities with smaller immigrant populations.


good to see those old myths finally dispelled.