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Research consistently shows that U.S.-born citizens have significantly higher arrest and incarceration rates for violent crimes, including homicide and sexual assault, than immigrants (including undocumented immigrants). The data supports the conclusion that citizens are more likely to be perpetrators of such crimes than undocumented immigrants.
Key statistics and findings from various studies and data analyses include:
*Homicide and Sexual Assault Arrest Rates: U.S.-born citizens are roughly twice as likely as undocumented immigrants to be arrested for homicide and sexual assault.
*Overall Violent Crime Arrest Rates: U.S.-born citizens are more than two times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes compared to undocumented immigrants.
*Incarceration Rates: Immigrants, including those without legal status, have lower incarceration rates than native-born Americans. One study found that U.S.-born men were incarcerated at a rate of around 3,000 per 100,000, while the rate for immigrants remained below 1,500 per 100,000.
*Victimization Rates: Immigrants are less likely to be victims of violent crimes than U.S.-born Americans, particularly by people they know (relatives, friends, neighbors). This reinforces the conclusion that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes within their communities.
*General Trends: Numerous studies have concluded that as the immigrant population in the U.S. has grown, crime rates have generally fallen, and that there is no evidence linking higher immigration to higher crime rates.
These findings are based on extensive data from sources like the Texas Department of Public Safety (one of the few agencies that tracks arrest data by immigration status) and national data from the National Crime Victimization Survey and the U.S. Census Bureau.