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Immigrants—even illegal immigrants—are half as likely to commit crimes for which they are incarcerated as US-born Americans. Yet ICE is diverting resources from serious offenders to conduct profiling stops, testifies Cato's David J. Bier.

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Holy Cow! "immigration reduces the likelihood that any one of us will be harmed." David Bier of the Cato Institute just destroyed the Trump/Republican talking point about Immigrants and crime before the House panel on Birthright Citizenship. "Nationwide immigrants, even illegal immigrants, are half as likely to commit crimes for which they are incarcerated as US-born Americans. This includes serious traffic crimes. In California, immigrant drivers generally, as well as immigrants with temporary commercial driver's licenses, average about 25% fewer fatal crashes. In Texas, illegal immigrants commit fewer felonies on the roads. This is partly explained by immigrants having substantially lower rates of alcohol abuse. Some immigrants do commit crimes, but since immigrants overall reduce the crime rate, immigration reduces the likelihood that any one of us will be harmed."

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