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Deportation and Immigrant Crime Rates

The relationship between deportation and immigrant crime rates, including the impact of deportation on crime statistics and the methods used to study this relationship.

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Jan 10, 2026

What research methods address selection bias from deportation when comparing immigrant and citizen crime rates?

Deportation can create a “sieve” that removes higher‑risk individuals from immigrant populations, biasing comparisons of immigrant and citizen crime rates unless researchers correct for it; social sci...