07/13/2025
Immigrants not driving violent crime
Research has consistently found, however, that immigrants are not driving violent crime in the U.S. and that they actually commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans. A 2023 working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, for example, reported that immigrants for 150 years have had lower incarceration rates than those born in the U.S. The rates have declined since 1960, according to the paper, and immigrants in fact were 60% less likely to be incarcerated.
Experts say the false rhetoric coming out of the Trump administration creates real harm.