Missing the Point on Purpose

Blaming crime on immigrant populations is not backed-up by data in Missouri.

Sounds like data disproves the thesis, ainna? But no:

Furthermore, no apparent records exist to support the notion that a population of undocumented immigrants is a significant cause of Missouri’s crime.

When the bureau asked the county prosecutors’ offices in Jackson, St. Louis, Clay, St. Charles, Cape Girardeau, Greene, and Jefferson Counties, the responses were largely the same: that law enforcement agencies do not record or submit information about a suspect’s immigration status to prosecutors.

“Suspect immigration status is regularly not provided to our office by Law Enforcement when a case is submitted,” a reply from the Clay County Prosecutor’s Office said.

The Missouri Department of Public Safety said it likewise has no data on the rate or frequency of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

Are they even allowed to ask immigration status any more? In a lot of cases, they are not.

The only “data” is this from 2020:

A 2020 report from the Department of Justice study found immigrants are half as likely to commit crimes compared to native citizens.

“Relative to undocumented immigrants, U.S.-born citizens are over two times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes, 2.5 times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and over four times more likely to be arrested for property crimes,” the study said.

Small consolation to the victim of a crime commmitted by someone who shouldn’t be here in the first place. All crimes committed by criminal entrants are additional crimes, not part of a whole number that would have been the same if they had been denied entry and opportunity.

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