Research shows Immigrants are less prone to crime than native-born Americans

Tazeen Hasan
According to a research report, The Criminalization of immigration in the United States  published in 2015 by American Immigration Council, immigrants are less prone to crime than native-born Americans.

The report states: For more than a century, innumerable studies have confirmed two simple yet powerful truths about the relationship between immigration and crime: immigrants are less likely to commit serious crimes or be behind bars than the native-born, and high rates of immigration are associated with lower rates of violent and property crime.

The report further rejects the myths about Immigration: This holds true for both legal immigrants and the unauthorized, regardless of their country of origin or level of education. In other words, the overwhelming majority of immigrants are not “criminals” by any commonly accepted definition of the term. For this reason, harsh immigration policies are not effective in fighting crime.