Are illegal immigrants really causing crimes in USA?

The Democrat and former Los Angeles mayor rejected the idea that deporting undocumented immigrants was a sound strategy for reducing crime. ... MOSTLY TRUE: Undocumented immigrants less likely to commit crimes than U.S. citizens ... But we wondered whether this was really a settled matter. read more

But per person, immigrants are less likely to cause crime than non immigrants. The average number of crimes decreases. Unless you are counting illegal immigration as a crime. read more

Citing Bersani's work, Pew Research created this graph, showing crime rates among the immigrant community. "The crime rate among first-generation immigrants — those who came to this country from somewhere else — is significantly lower than the overall crime rate and that of the second generation," they write. read more