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Study shows 16% recidivism rate with illegal immigrants

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Illegals ArrestedA recent study has been done that has provided many examples of immigrants who had been arrested for a crime and released, only to be rearrested later for another crime, but it seems that this recidivism rate is much lower than what is typical of the other prison population demographics.

Washington – – a man named Evin Adonis Ortiz was jailed back in January for allegedly slaying a man 24 years of age in LA. After the arrest, Ortiz’s fingerprints were put through the FBI database and it was quickly discovered that he was an illegal alien, and had been previously detained on separate charges. His prior convictions consisted of attempted grand larceny, and driving with no license. Read the rest of this entry

Legalizing Marijuana Would Reduces Crime, Increase Tax Revenue and Ease Illegal Immigration Concerns

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Legalizing Marijuana Reduces CrimeLegalizing marijuana, while controversial, would be a step in the right direction and would ease prison overcrowding, reduce illegal immigration, and have the potential to greatly increase tax revenue. Yet despite these obvious advantages, the United States and many other countries still dole out harsh punishments on even the most casual users of marijuana. This is a policy that must come to an end.

Decriminalizing marijuana would help increase the amount of revenue on hand in several ways. First off, the resources used in fighting the so called “War on Drugs” would be greatly reduced. Second, legalized marijuana purchases would provide additional revenue in the form of sales tax. Third, companies that grow and distribute the marijuana would in turn provide even more tax revenue as well as much needed jobs. According to Jeffrey A. Miron in his report titled “Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States,” over $2.4 billion in tax revenue would be generated by the sale of marijuana, and other research estimates are even higher. Read the rest of this entry

The Pros and Cons of US Illegal Immigration

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Alien workers have played a very important part of the U.S. economy and throughout its history. The topic of illegal immigration often irritates a lot of emotion and has recently geared a lot of attention in the press. Immigrants are having more of an impact on the economy than ever before because of their large quantities in people. To many people, immigration issues revolve around economic arguments, such as the fact that immigrants will take work away from native workers at a much lower wage. With the foremost presence of illegal immigrant workers in the U.S., economists agree that there are many burdens and blessings that come with immigration, but they have all strained different conclusions in addressing the following questions with regards to illegal immigration.
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Mexico’s Newest Export – Illegal Immigration Crime Statistics

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MEXICO ORGANIZED CRIMEMexicans have seldom proved themselves as good neighbors for the US. Among the total number of illegal immigrants that enters our country each year, Mexicans have the highest percentage in it. For many decades they have continued their illegal infringement into our nation and have never ceased their ill acts that only deteriorate the scenario for us. The illegal immigration crime statistics in the US are worsening day by day. All thanks to Mexico all over again, Mexicans have a huge contribution in these statistics too.

Their intrusion is not just limited to the country and they have not just jeopardized our illegal immigration statistics, but they have left no stone unturned in further deteriorating the crime scene in the US.

Today, the life of a common native US citizen is hauled up as a result of Mexican intrusion into our own home land. Of all the crimes that take place in the US, Mexicans are involved in almost all of them. Whether it is the drug rackets that are busted by the American police or the robberies that take place here to the murders and theft cases that are registered, illegal Mexican immigrants are being charged against all of them. Mexico’s newest export to the US is nonetheless, illegal criminal immigrants.Prisoners
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The Dark Side of America’s Illegal Immigration Problem

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illegal immigration crime statistics It’s no secret that the USA has millions of illegal aliens within their borders. Almost every time the subject of undocumented workers is raised, someone is bound to point out some illegal immigration crime statistics to discuss the dark side of America’s illegal immigration problem.

The population of illegal immigrants in the US is around 11 million and of that, 57% are from Mexico while 24% are from other Latin American countries in Central America. The rest are from other, more distant parts of the world.

Of these millions of people, there are obviously bound to be some criminals among them. Although most are simply hard-working people out to make money in a more affluent country than their own, there are in fact those who commit petty and serious crimes.

illegal immigration crime Since these people are mostly undocumented by official government agencies, it is difficult to find reliable statistics on their activities. Crime is also very much underreported since illegal aliens are often reluctant or afraid to report crime to the authorities. In fact, many criminals will prey on the illegal immigrant population precisely because their victims are disinclined to report them to the authorities.

According to the Paw Hispanic Center website, in their investigation of immigration crime statistics and the federal law courts records, 40% of all sentenced federal offenders were Latinos. Of those, 72% were not U.S. citizens.

However, other studies have pointed out that cities with large illegal immigrant communities do not necessarily have more crimes committed in them than those without a large population of illegal immigrants.

What does that mean? Well, it doesn’t mean that illegal immigrant communities are full of criminals. Most illegal aliens simply work hard and oftentimes succeed in giving their families a better life through the sweat of their brow.

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Discussions of crime and illegal aliens often become highly passionate and politicized. Most recently, the murder of an Arizona rancher (Rob Krentz) last March 2010 allegedly by an illegal alien has ignited the controversy yet again.

Partly as a result of extensive media coverage surrounding the murder, Arizona passed the Arizona SB1070 bill to bring to an end anti-illegal immigration crime. The bill is today’s toughest state immigration law yet and its critics say that it will lead to a sharp increase in discrimination and harassment of illegal aliens. The law is particularly strict with requiring aliens to have documents with them at all times.

Time will tell whether the law will be effective in curbing illegal activities or lead to untoward harassment of aliens or some ethnic groups.

Currently, to justify various laws and policies regarding illegal immigration, the nation needs to examine the problem and gather reliable statistics. At the moment, the US has a dire need of illegal immigration crime statistics that can be properly interpreted so that lawmakers and policymakers can come to an understanding and perhaps even an agreement as to what exactly what needs to be done. Studies should be made and scientifically designed to shed light on the perennial problem of illegal aliens.

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