Assertion: immigrant | /r/CapableOf | commit crime
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text: Immigrants commit a crime, or multiple crimes
text: Current immigration policy that criminalizes the mere attempt to immigrate and imprisons immigrants who have committed no crime or who have already served a just sentence for a crime is immoral.
text: The IPC has published many backgrounders on the topic of immigration and crime in the United States, all pointing towards the conclusion that immigrants to the United States appear to commit less crime and have lower incarceration rates than native-born Americans.
text: The authors developed a model that argues that immigrants are self-selected to be less likely to commit crime.
text: Of course, 287(g) communities do typically have large immigrant populations, but they will not necessarily be communities where immigrants are committing crime out of proportion to their share of the population.
text: “non-violent” immigrants demonizes immigrants who have committed crimes, and promotes the idea that their immigration offenses should be selectively criminalized, while those of “
text: Both studies conclude that immigrants are much less likely to commit crimes than are natives.
text: Among the other actions taken on Wednesday: ending federal grant funding to sanctuary cities and states, which opt out of reporting undocumented immigrants; ordering the Department of Homeland Security to allocate funds or establish contracts for the construction or operation of detention facilities; ending of the policy known as “catch and release,” under which some immigrants are released from detention while they await a hearing with an immigration judge; and prioritizing the deportation of immigrants who have committed crimes.
text: The sheriff of Rockland County, Texas, Harold Eavenson, said he has seen more than his share of immigrants committing crimes, including a hit-and-run homicide committed by a man who’d been deported and then came back.
text: One explanation is that immigrants who commit crimes can be deported and thus are punished more for criminal behavior, making them less likely to break the law.
text: Immigrants to the United States are considerably less likely than natives to commit crimes or to be incarcerated.
text: One explanation is that immigrants who commit crimes can be deported and thus are punished more for criminal behavior, making them less likely to break the law.