We can do without the knee-jerk outrage
July 24, 2015From all the politicians reacting to Donald Trump’s idiotic remarks about immigrants. (May Trump emigrate to some place looking for a Fearless Leader. Please.)
Here’s an interesting article at FEE about a study of crime rates among immigrants by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
By the Numbers: Does Immigration Cause Crime?
The preponderance of research shows no effectThe alleged murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco by illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez has reignited the debate over the link between immigration and crime. Such debates often call for change in policy regarding the deportation or apprehension of illegal immigrants.
However, if policies should change, it should not be in reaction to a single tragic murder. It should be in response to careful research on whether immigrants actually boost the US crime rates.
With few exceptions, immigrants are less crime prone than natives or have no effect on crime rates. As described below, the research is fairly one-sided.
(Via Coyoteblog)
The Wall Street Journal has an editorial in a similar vein. I don’t know whether it cites the same study as the FEE article snce I’m not a subscriber.
Regular readers will recall that I think our immigration laws are too restrictive, not too lax. And in that vein, here’s a little visual snark:
I can just imagine some 19th century Donald-Trump-like-idiot going on about my Irish great-great-grandfather.
(And for that matter, where the hell did Trump’s forebears immigrate from?)
No Truce With Kings 
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