Immigrants less likely to commit crimes, study says

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“Legal and illegal immigrants are far less likely than nativeborn Americans to be incarcerated for crimes, according to a new statistical analysis of 2000 Census data.

The findings were released Monday by the Immigration Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based group that studies contributions by immigrants.
Researchers said their results stand in sharp contrast to widely held beliefs that immigration and criminal activity are closely linked. “

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