The Immigrant Crime Narrative Doesn't Match the Data
March 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 25 [Category: Sociological] -- Cato Institute issued the following news release:
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The Immigrant Crime Narrative Doesn't Match the Data
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A new Cato briefing paper published today challenges one of the most pervasive assumptions in American immigration debates: that illegal immigrants are more crime-prone than native-born Americans.
The data say otherwise.
Cato scholars Alex Nowrasteh and M . . .
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The Immigrant Crime Narrative Doesn't Match the Data
*
A new Cato briefing paper published today challenges one of the most pervasive assumptions in American immigration debates: that illegal immigrants are more crime-prone than native-born Americans.
The data say otherwise.
Cato scholars Alex Nowrasteh and M . . .