Arizona Public Media

Immigrant Crime Rates

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  • 5 min
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  • 1/22/2019
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This video goes over the estimate of incarceration rates of undocumented immigrants, which is approximately half of native-born Americans (nationwide). Texas, the only state that tracks these incarceration rates, mimics these results.

Discussion Questions

  1. Why do more states not record data on unauthorized immigration crime rates?
  2. What are the challenges posed by collecting data on undocumented immigrants?