Illegal Alien Violence and Crime by the Numbers - We’re All Victims
...The New York Times reports that about 4.5 million illegal aliens in the U.S. drive on a regular basis, many without licenses or insurance, or even the ability to read road signs written in English.[2]... Yahoo.com writer J.C. Grant notes, “There is a statistically significant correlation between state per capita illegal immigration rates and car thefts...”[3]
...the Office of Immigration Statistics reported that of the 188,382 deportations of illegal aliens in 2011, 23 percent had committed criminal traffic offenses (primarily driving under the influence). Congressman Steve King (R-IA) estimates that illegal alien drunk drivers kill 13 Americans every day — that’s a death toll of 4,745 per year.[4]
...According to the Center for Immigration Studies, another 23 percent, more than 43,000 illegal aliens, were convicted of drug offenses. The violent crime category of assault, robbery, sexual assault, and family offenses comes to 12 percent. The non-violent crime grouping of larceny, fraud, and burglary totaled seven percent, and on the list goes — equaling 100 percent of illegal aliens who have been through the criminal justice system...[5]
...Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu stated...
Pinal County is roughly 70 miles north of the border. In 2010, the U.S. Border Patrol reported 212,202 illegal aliens were caught in the Tucson sector alone. The Border Patrol admits for everyone captured, another 2.7 make it into the United States undetected. Of the individuals who are apprehended, as many as 30% of them already have a criminal record in the United States.
The liberal Huffington Post writer Chris Kirkham recently noted that, “this year, more than 60 percent of all federal criminal convictions have been for immigration-related crimes, federal data show.”...
According to TracImmigration.com, the independent and nonpartisan resource site for information about federal immigration enforcement, illegal reentry under Title 8, Section 1326 of the United States Code was the most commonly recorded lead charge brought by federal prosecutors during the first half of FY 2011. It alone accounted for 47 percent of all criminal immigration prosecutions filed. The average prison sentence was 14 months for those convicted where illegal reentry was recorded as the lead charge[7](at an estimated cost of $134 per day per inmate[8])...
...the Columbus Dispatch included this finding:
Nationwide, the number of people prosecuted for coming back illegally after being deported has increased by 175 percent since 2005,...
A new study published by the Migration Policy Institute and the Wilson Center sheds light... that arrests by the U.S. Border Patrol of individuals from countries other than Mexico have increased from 59,000 in FY 2010 to 99,000 in FY 2012.[12]...
Fox News obtained reports by the House Judiciary Committee and nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. They are the result of the committee’s subpoena request for Department of Homeland Security records from October 2008 to July 2011. The information was analyzed by the CRS and show 276,412 reported charges against illegal and criminal immigrants over that three-year period as identified by Secure Communities, a federal program... Fox News reports, “Of the 160,000 people in the database, more than 26,000 were re-arrested — accounting for nearly 58,000 crimes and violations. They allegedly committed nearly 8,500 drunken-driving offenses and more than 6,000 drug-related violations. The records also show major criminal offenses, which included murder, battery, rape, kidnapping and nearly 3,000 thefts...”[13]...
...In a 2007 Government Accountability Office study of 55,322 illegal aliens, analysts discovered that they were arrested at least a total of 459,614 times, averaging about eight arrests per illegal alien: 70 percent had between two and 10 arrests, and 26 percent (about 15,000) had 11 or more arrests. Drug or immigration offenses accounted for 45 percent of all offenses, and approximately 12 percent (over 6,600 illegal aliens) were arrested for violent offenses such as murder, robbery, assault, and sex-related crimes.[14]
An FBI crime study also shows heavy illegal alien involvement in criminal activity revealed these statistics:
- 75 percent of those on the most wanted criminals list in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Albuquerque are illegal aliens.
- One quarter of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals, as are more than 40 percent of all inmates in Arizona and 48 percent in New Mexico jails.
- Over 53 percent of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas are perpetrated by illegal aliens.
- 63 percent of cited drivers in Arizona have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that number, 97 percent are illegal aliens. 66 percent of cited drivers in New Mexico have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 66 percent, 98 percent are illegal aliens.[15]...
Reporter Dave Gibson notes that according to FBI records, there are at least 70,000 MS-13 gang members operating between Central America and the United States.[29]...
Financial analyst and economics journalist, Edwin Rubenstein, Ph.D., noted in this journal that there “are the divergent trends [in criminal incarcerations] of the two most recent years for which we have data. From 2008 to 2009 the number of white male inmates declined by 15,000 (-2.6 percent); black male inmates declined by 5,000 (-0.6 percent); while the count of incarcerated Hispanic males rose by 15,000 (+3.5 percent.)” He also observed that, “Hispanic males were 37 percent more likely to be incarcerated than non-Hispanic males. More importantly, the gap is growing. From 2000 to 2009 non-Hispanic incarceration rates declined while Hispanic incarceration rates rose.”[32]...
Endnotes
[1] www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2010/12/27/deported-illegal-immig...
[2] “Some unlicensed drivers risk more than a fine,” by Julia Preston and Robert Gebeloff, December 9, 2010; www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/us/10license.html?pagewanted=all
[3] “Illegal immigration rates strongly correlated with car thefts,” June 4, 2010; http://voices.yahoo.com/illegal-immigration-rates-strongly-correlated-wi...
[4] www.wnd.com/2006/11/39031/#cjEhV0wE8KWZZZ5B.99
[5] The Revolving Door for deportations of illegal aliens
[6] www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/23/undocumented-immigrants-prison_n_37921...
[7] http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/251/
[8] www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/investigations/122630554.html
[9] www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/29/3371655/feds-number-of-previously-deporte...
[10] http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/188382-criminal-illegal-aliens-...
[11] http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/04/01/exclusive-illegal-b...
[12] www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/RMSG-FinalReport.pdf
[13] www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/31/recidivism-rate-for-illegal-immigran...
[14] www.examiner.com/article/illegal-aliens-and-crime-statistics-not-on-obam...
[15] www.examiner.com/article/illegal-aliens-and-crime-statistics-not-on-obam...
[16] www.examiner.com/article/illegal-alien-being-deported-tells-reporter-i-l...
[17] www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2010/03/01/20100301chandle...
[18] www.ice.gov/news/releases/1305/130516baltimore.htm
[19] www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/jw-forces-release-of-dhs...
[20] www.caps-blog.org/articles/2013/06/26/unlicensed-immigrant-killed-my-son...
[21] http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/03/obama-immigration-policy-loosens-work-...
[22] It appears that more illegal aliens equal more crime. The Washington Times analyzed deportation numbers of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and found that of those deported this year, 55 percent had criminal records, up from 53 percent in 2012.
[23] http://blog.heritage.org/2013/09/17/morning-bell-5-ways-obama-has-trampl...
[24] http://goodlatte.house.gov/press_releases/444
[25] www.examiner.com/article/illegal-aliens-and-crime-statistics-not-on-obam...
[26] www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/2011-national-gang-threat-assess...
[27] op. cit.
[28] http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-29-ms13_N.htm
[29] www.examiner.com/article/as-illegal-immigration-spreads-so-do-dangerous-...
[30] www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/23/texas-police-arrest-2-illegal-i...
[31] The Department of Justice program distributed 2,000 weapons to gun-runners in the hopes of tracking them to drug gangs who would purchase the guns. However, the DOJ lost any trace of their shipments.
[32] The Twin Crises: Immigration and Crime
[33] http://capoliticalnews.com/2013/07/09/supporters-of-criminals-upset-all-...
[34] Day of Reckoning: How Hubris, Ideology and Greed are Tearing America Apart, Thomas Dunn Books, New York; HB, 294 pages, $25.95
[35] www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_job_approval-903.html