Impact of illegal immigrant crime hard to assess – Houston, Texas
Tagged: crime, police, population“The slaying of Houston police officer Rodney Johnson by a Mexican national who returned here after being deported has cast another uncomfortable spotlight on the estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants living in the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
Making up about 10 percent of the area’s population, this demographic ”” alternately scorned as freeloaders and defended as hard workers seeking better lives ”” accounts for 7 percent to 9 percent of those caught up in the local criminal justice system as inmates or defendants.”
Source: More information in English / Mas informacíon en Ingles
Fuente Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
Posted on:
October 9th, 2006
Fuente Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Immigration
Comments
