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Immigration status and crime

The relationship between immigration status and crime rates

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Jan 27, 2026
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What peer‑reviewed research exists on crime rates among unauthorized immigrants at the state level, including Minnesota?

Peer‑reviewed research and high‑quality government‑funded analyses consistently find that , including unauthorized immigrants, do not have higher crime rates than U.S.‑born residents and in many cases...

Jan 26, 2026
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How do researchers estimate crime rates for undocumented immigrants when national arrest records lack immigration status?

Researchers compensate for the absence of fields in national arrest records by combining jurisdictional datasets that do record status, for unauthorized residents, and careful robustness checks — an a...

Jan 15, 2026

How do socioeconomic factors and policing practices affect measured immigrant crime rates?

Measured differences in crime between immigrants and natives often shrink or disappear once socioeconomic conditions—poverty, unemployment, education, housing instability—and selection effects are acc...

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