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Posted on: May 12th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Community ] [ Immigration ] [ Tomás' Picks ] [ Missouri ] [ St. Louis ]
Tags: crime, police, population
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But the relationship between illegal immigration and crime is complicated. Studies released early this year and in 2007 suggest that immigration does not lead to increased crime, a view that appears to be supported by data and opinions of law enforcement officials in St. Charles County.
In St. Charles, police say about 2.4 percent of people arrested in 2006 were in the country illegally.
“In the 19 years I have been here, I guarantee our Hispanic population has increased, in the St. Louis area the Somalian and Bosnian populations have increased, and I would consider 2 percent not a significant contribution,” said St. Charles Police Public Information Officer Lt. Donovan Kenton.”*
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