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Criminal Immigrants in Texas in 2017: Illegal Immigrant Conviction Rates and Arrest Rates for Homicide, Sex Crimes, Larceny, and other crimes

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  • 7/27/2019
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View ContentCriminal Immigrants in Texas in 2017: Illegal Immigrant Conviction Rates and Arrest Rates for Homicide, Sex Crimes, Larceny, and other crimes

This report provides statistics on criminal convictions, homicides, sex crimes, theft, and total arrests in Texas in 2017. Although illegal immigrants have lower rates in every category, the report points out that they still account for a portion of crime in the U.S.


Discussion Questions

Do you think any crime by undocumented immigrants is too much crime?