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Immigrant incarceration rates

Comparison of incarceration rates between immigrants and U.S.-born citizens

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Jan 29, 2026
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number people killed because of illegal aliens in 2024

There is no authoritative, evidence-based count of “”; available government and independent datasets do not produce a single national total that answers that question directly . Repeated viral claims ...

Jan 15, 2026
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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 ...

Jan 30, 2026

What proportion of migrants processed at the U.S. southern border had criminal convictions, by year and offense type?

Federal border-enforcement data show that southern border who have prior criminal convictions are a small minority of total encounters and that the exact share varies year to year; CBP publishes convi...

Jan 8, 2026

Has Minnesota experienced increased crime from immigrants?

Available, reputable research does not show that immigrants in Minnesota have driven a measurable increase in crime; long-run studies find immigrants commit crime at lower rates than the U.S.-born, Mi...

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