The rise in migration is increasing concerns about their negative effects. One of the biggest issues that people have in consideration is the correlation between migration and crime. However, an abundant amount of creditable sources claims that there is no association with migrants and crime. Native born often do not hold a positive impression toward immigrants, and while some concepts might be true, there is a huge misconception about immigrants and crime that must be clarified.
One of the misconceptions that many people still believe is that immigrants carry many concerns and crime. However, many studies show that immigrants actually tend to decrease crime rates. Although the population of immigrants has tripled since 1990, the FBI data …show more content…
Some reports criticize immigrants for committing too much crime, but has no specific evidence from both native born and immigrants. A nation information organization called Family security matters in 2007 specified that 1,288,619 were only the number of committed crimes by immigrants, and the rest of the criminals who has not been caught are still active. People may assume 1,288,619 is an immense number, however FBI data reported there were 14,209,365 arrests occurred nationwide in just the year of 2007. If immigrants in total committed about 1,288,619 crimes out of 14,209,365 people that were arrested in 2007, it is obviously a way smaller ratio compared to the native born. Furthermore, there are few more statistics and announces that arises concerns about the misconception of immigration and crime. One of the information that has given people concerns is from the U.S Justice Department. After studying 55,322 immigrants, the U.S. Justice Department in 2005 declares that the average arrest number per immigrant is 8. In defense, like stated before, majority of immigrants who commit crime are Mexicans. Although it does not state thr race they specifically studied, there is a higher chance that majority of them were Mexicans. Besides, 55,322 is a small number compared to 8 million immigrants that were in the U.S. during 2005. Moreover, there has been …show more content…
Essentially, it is a fact that the places with more immigrants have less crime rates than the places that are highly populated with native born. Also, the current “homicide rate in America is the lowest in 50 years, since 1963”. (The Washington Times) Matter in fact, various studies show that the decline of crime rates during this period could be contributed to the rapid increase of immigrants since 1990. One of the reasons immigrants tend to commit less crime is because the act of getting deported once they break the law. Most people migrate to find a better life for themselves and their family and considering this, their past home country must have been substandard. Migrating to another country is a challenging process and it is much more reasonable for them to obey the laws and not get deported. Also, researchers found that immigration has actually “helped economically revitalize many U.S. cities and driven down crime that way.” (Pacific Standard) If people would consider these factors and cogitate both sides of perspective, the misconception would likely to be
One of the misconceptions that many people still believe is that immigrants carry many concerns and crime. However, many studies show that immigrants actually tend to decrease crime rates. Although the population of immigrants has tripled since 1990, the FBI data …show more content…
Some reports criticize immigrants for committing too much crime, but has no specific evidence from both native born and immigrants. A nation information organization called Family security matters in 2007 specified that 1,288,619 were only the number of committed crimes by immigrants, and the rest of the criminals who has not been caught are still active. People may assume 1,288,619 is an immense number, however FBI data reported there were 14,209,365 arrests occurred nationwide in just the year of 2007. If immigrants in total committed about 1,288,619 crimes out of 14,209,365 people that were arrested in 2007, it is obviously a way smaller ratio compared to the native born. Furthermore, there are few more statistics and announces that arises concerns about the misconception of immigration and crime. One of the information that has given people concerns is from the U.S Justice Department. After studying 55,322 immigrants, the U.S. Justice Department in 2005 declares that the average arrest number per immigrant is 8. In defense, like stated before, majority of immigrants who commit crime are Mexicans. Although it does not state thr race they specifically studied, there is a higher chance that majority of them were Mexicans. Besides, 55,322 is a small number compared to 8 million immigrants that were in the U.S. during 2005. Moreover, there has been …show more content…
Essentially, it is a fact that the places with more immigrants have less crime rates than the places that are highly populated with native born. Also, the current “homicide rate in America is the lowest in 50 years, since 1963”. (The Washington Times) Matter in fact, various studies show that the decline of crime rates during this period could be contributed to the rapid increase of immigrants since 1990. One of the reasons immigrants tend to commit less crime is because the act of getting deported once they break the law. Most people migrate to find a better life for themselves and their family and considering this, their past home country must have been substandard. Migrating to another country is a challenging process and it is much more reasonable for them to obey the laws and not get deported. Also, researchers found that immigration has actually “helped economically revitalize many U.S. cities and driven down crime that way.” (Pacific Standard) If people would consider these factors and cogitate both sides of perspective, the misconception would likely to be