The last 20 years of immigration have been matched by big declines in crime, and more than a century of research* shows that immigrants are less prone to crime than native-born Americans. [*The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States by Walter A. Ewing, Ph.D., Daniel E. Martínez, Ph.D., and [UCI Distinguished Professor Rubén G. Rumbaut]].

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