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Texas Department of Public Safety

Department of the Texas state government

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Nov 1, 2025
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Illegal immigrant crime statistics vs United States Citizens

Multiple recent analyses converge on a clear finding: . National trend analysis shows that as the foreign-born share of the population rose from 6.2% in 1980 to 13.9% in 2022, the overall crime rate d...

Jan 15, 2026
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Do undocumented aliens do less crimes than us citizens

The balance of rigorous, peer‑reviewed research shows that undocumented immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S.-born citizens: multiple studies using arrest and incarceration records—most no...

Nov 21, 2025
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Can a state ID or driver’s license be used to prove US citizenship to immigration agents?

State driver's licenses or ID cards generally do not, by themselves, prove U.S. citizenship to federal immigration authorities; most states issue standard licenses based on identity and lawful presenc...

Nov 1, 2025

How do 2024 crime rates of illegal immigrants vary by state and region?

Recent, multi-source analyses consistently show that immigrants — including undocumented immigrants — are arrested and incarcerated at lower rates than U.S.-born residents in the datasets examined, wi...

Dec 4, 2025

Can Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients lawfully hold a CDL?

Federal action in late September 2025 significantly tightened who may receive non‑domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), excluding many people who previously used Employment Authorization Docu...

Dec 17, 2025

Do immigrants in the US commit more crimes than citizens?

Multiple recent, peer-reviewed and government-linked analyses find that immigrants — including undocumented immigrants in Texas studies — have lower arrest, conviction and incarceration rates than U.S...

Nov 22, 2025

What is the crime rate per capita of undocumented immigrants in the United States compared to the general population?

Available reporting and peer-reviewed analyses consistently find that undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are arrested and convicted at lower rates than native‑born Americans: an NIJ‑funded Texas stud...

Jan 11, 2026

Which states have the highest rates of violent crime committed by illegal immigrants?

The available, peer-reviewed and policy-focused reporting does not identify particular U.S. states as having reliably higher rates of violent crime committed by undocumented (illegal) immigrants; inst...

Nov 3, 2025

Immigrant crime rate

Multiple peer-reviewed and government-linked studies converge on the finding that , with several analyses reporting roughly a 60% lower incarceration or offending rate among immigrants. This pattern a...

Oct 24, 2025

Which states have the highest rates of crime committed by illegal immigrants, according to 2024 data?

Federal and state data cited in 2024–2025 analyses paint a mixed picture: , while federal compilations show many noncitizens with criminal histories dispersed across states, especially in populous “sa...

Jan 17, 2026

do illegal do more harm than US citizens

A substantial body of empirical research finds that undocumented immigrants are arrested and incarcerated at lower rates than U.S.-born citizens across violent, drug, and property offenses, and that i...

Nov 19, 2025

What recent studies (2020–2025) analyze crime rates among documented vs undocumented immigrants?

Recent (2020–2025) research overwhelmingly finds that undocumented immigrants in the United States do not have higher crime rates than native-born citizens — and in several high-profile U.S. studies t...

Jan 19, 2026

How do per‑capita crime rates compare between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and U.S.-born residents nationally and by state?

A broad body of recent research finds that immigrants—both lawful and undocumented—commit crimes at lower per‑capita rates than U.S.‑born residents nationally, and the best state‑level analysis (Texas...

Jan 15, 2026

How do arrest and conviction rates for undocumented immigrants compare to legal immigrants across U.S. states?

The best peer-reviewed evidence — a Texas statewide study that directly links arrest and conviction records to immigration status — finds undocumented immigrants are arrested and convicted at substant...

Dec 1, 2025

How do crime rates compare between undocumented immigrants and US-born citizens by offense type?

Multiple peer-reviewed and government-funded analyses find that undocumented immigrants have substantially lower arrest, conviction, and incarceration rates than U.S.-born citizens across major offens...

Nov 23, 2025

What percentage of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are convicted of violent crimes?

Available reporting and peer‑reviewed research do not give a single national percentage for how many undocumented immigrants have been convicted of violent crimes; multiple studies instead compare arr...

Jan 18, 2026

What major Texas prosecutions for child sex trafficking occurred in 2021 and 2022?

Texas saw several high-profile prosecutions and a steady stream of trafficking cases in 2021–2022, most notably the Barrett family federal/state prosecutions that produced very long sentences, while s...

Jan 15, 2026

What major studies (e.g., 2018 CATO, 2019 Stanford) found about immigrant crime rates vs natives?

Multiple major studies converge on the finding that immigrants—both legal and undocumented in many analyses—have lower rates of incarceration, arrest, and many measured felony offenses than U.S.-born ...

Dec 4, 2025

What peer-reviewed studies exist on immigrant crime and incarceration rates in the US since 2010?

Major peer‑reviewed studies since 2010 consistently find that immigrants — including undocumented populations in several analyses — do not drive higher crime or incarceration rates; some large, peer‑r...

Dec 4, 2025

How has the Supreme Court ruled on presidential war powers and the War Powers Resolution?

The Supreme Court has never squarely settled the modern interbranch question of who may initiate hostilities, though it has decided important cases that shape congressional and presidential war powers...