Title Criminal immigrants in Texas in 2017 : illegal immigrant conviction rates and arrest rates for homicide, sex crimes, larceny, and other crimes / by Alex Nowraster

Published [Washington, DC] : CATO Institute, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (7 pages) : illustrations Series Immigration research and policy brief ; Number 13 Immigration research and policy brief ; no. 13 Summary Texas is the only state that keeps the records of the immigration statuses of those arrested and convicted of state-level crimes, thus giving the public its best opportunity to study the crime rates of illegal immigrants compared to other subpopulations. Illegal immigrants were 29 percent less likely to be convicted of homicide than native-born Americans in Texas in 2017. For all crimes in Texas in 2017, illegal immigrants had a criminal conviction rate 47 percent below that of native-born Americans. Legal immigrants had a criminal conviction rate 65 percent below that of native- born Americans Notes "August 27, 2019." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF cover page (CATO, viewed February 22, 2020) Subject Noncitizen criminals -- Texas -- Statistics Noncitizens -- Texas -- Statistics Criminal statistics -- Texas Illegal immigration -- Texas -- Statistics Illegal immigration. Noncitizen criminals. Criminal statistics. Noncitizens. Texas. Genre/Form Statistics. Form Electronic book Author Cato Institute, publisher.

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