Are undocumented immigrants responsible for higher crime rates? Here’s what studies show
Are undocumented immigrants responsible for higher crime rates? Here’s what studies show
- October 23, 2025
- Charis Kubrin, criminology, law and society and CPIP affiliate, San Francisco Chronicle, October 23, 2025
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Charis Kubrin, a criminologist at UC Irvine who has studied the relationship between immigration and crime for more than two decades, said the perception that immigrants increase crime has “been around as long as I’ve been doing research, and way longer than that.” “It’s sort of baked into the history of this country, where we often blame immigrants for our nation’s problems, crime being one of them,” she said.
For the full story, please visit https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/studies-disprove-claims-immigrants-increase-crime-21116343.php.
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