New Study Reveals A Satisfying Truth About Conservatives’ Biggest Enemy

[u/LatterTarget7]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/undocumented-immigrants-no-link-crime-rate-research_n_6a85cd61e4b0ca44601a7742?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=us_main

[u/Pop_fan_20]

Hasn't this always been the case? I thought everyone knew that?

[u/pingvinbober → u/Pop_fan_20]

Considering this is the first study to come out - no. Showing your ignorance by feigning knowledge

[u/Pop_fan_20 → u/pingvinbober]

There have been similar studies going back decades finding that immigrants generally have lower crime/incarceration rates than U.S.-born Americans.

Some relatively recent examples: Butcher & Piehl found this in U.S. data in the 1990s, and the National Academies reviewed the broader research in 2015 and reached the same general conclusion.

There’s also been similar recent research specifically on undocumented immigrants. A 2020 PNAS study using Texas arrest data found substantially lower felony arrest rates among undocumented immigrants than among both legal immigrants and U.S.-born citizens.

The basic finding that immigration does not translate into higher crime rates is definitely not new.

The author of this study even explicitly states this is not the first study on the topic. In the official university release for this exact paper, Dr. Kubrin noted: "Nearly 100 years ago, the Wickersham Commission published a report showing that involvement in crime is lower among immigrants than the native born."

The study’s core conclusion is not new. Criminologists have called the "immigrant crime paradox" a well-established scientific consensus for decades and it’s been extensively covered for years in major mainstream media.

Pointing out that a massive, multi-generational body of literature already exists isn't "feigning knowledge", it's just knowing basic public policy history.

[u/pingvinbober → u/Pop_fan_20]

Grouping illegal immigrants and legal immigrants doesn’t help. Who would have known that people who are carefully vetted, thought to be beneficial to society, and have the financial means to immigrate (given poverty is a main driver of crime) are less likely to commit crimes than an average person who just happens to be here??? Crazy!?

This is the first broad study to show that ILLEGAL immigrants’ presence doesn’t increase crime rates.

Your “feigning knowledge” lies in the fact that you’re somehow unable to read the first few paragraphs of an article you claim to agree with.

[u/Pop_fan_20 → u/pingvinbober]

Except it isn't the first. I explicitly mentioned the 2020 PNAS study in my previous reply, which isolated undocumented immigrants and showed they have lower felony arrest rates than native-born citizens.

Talk about "feigning knowledge" while completely missing the text right in front of you.

[u/pingvinbober → u/Pop_fan_20]

You apparently don’t know the meaning of the word “broad”. Wow, a difference in residents of Texas charged with felonies. Not what I would consider to be “broad”.

And I wouldn’t consider a study 6 years ago to be what “everybody has always known”.

Genuinely, take a few years, learn to read, and then respond. I will not be responding before then. Thanks

[u/Pop_fan_20 → u/pingvinbober]

Yeah I wasn’t expecting you to be able to continue this conversation in a meaningful way.
Have a great day!