DEAR EDITOR:

A report from the National Institute of Justice (part of the U.S. Department of Justice) released an analysis of Texas arrest records comparing immigrants and U.S.-born citizens. In a report titled “Undocumented Immigrant Offending Rate Lower Than U.S.-Born Citizen Rate” the notes section on Page 7 states:

For the period of 2012 to 2018 in Texas, the total violent crime arrest rate was 213 per 100,000, for U.S.-born citizens and 96.2 per 100,000 for undocumented immigrants. In the same period, the total drug crime arrest rate was 337.2 per 100,000 for U.S.-born citizens and 135 per 100,000 for undocumented immigrants, and the total property crime arrest rate was 165.2 per 100,000 for U.S.-born citizens and 38.5 per 100,000 for undocumented immigrants. Michael T. Light, “Unauthorized Immigration, Crime, and Recidivism: Evidence From Texas,” Final report to the National Institute of Justice, award number 2019-R2-CX-0058, January 2024, NCJ 308552

Best to read the report for the entire analysis:

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG-119-JU01-20250122-SD004.pdf

PAMELA KERESZTESY

Warren