Comments for Do Immigrants Cost or Contribute? at http://www.rationalimmigration.com/ , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.rationalimmigration.com/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:11:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rationalimmigration.com//content/view/76/2/lang,en/#comment-118 The problem with KFB\'s study is that it excludes exactly that population that it is constantly being cited as shedding light on. No one believes that legal immigrants are crime-prone; after all, to qualify you can\'t have a record! The thing is, illegal criminals aren\'t likely to be incarcerated. They have little motivation to show up for trial as they are already living as fugitives, or they can self-deport, or, should they actually find themselves in the authority\'s hands, they will be officially deported rather than expensively housed as prisoners. So, the study actually examined the crime rate of legal and citizen foreign-born residents. Well, duhh, if you pick a class of people who have been screened for non-criminal behavior of COURSE they will have a low incarceration rate. The study appears to be pure propaganda, and thus teaches us nothing. What exactly _is_ the illegal crime rate? It would be nice to know, but KFB is no help. - Chaos Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:01:31 +0100 http://www.rationalimmigration.com//content/view/76/2/lang,en/#comment-242 The problem with KFB\'s study is that it excludes exactly that population that it is constantly being cited as shedding light on. No one believes that legal immigrants are crime-prone; after all, to qualify you can\'t have a record! The thing is, illegal criminals aren\'t likely to be incarcerated. They have little motivation to show up for trial as they are already living as fugitives, or they can self-deport, or, should they actually find themselves in the authority\'s hands, they will be officially deported rather than expensively housed as prisoners. So, the study actually examined the crime rate of legal and citizen foreign-born residents. Well, duhh, if you pick a class of people who have been screened for non-criminal behavior of COURSE they will have a low incarceration rate. The study appears to be pure propaganda, and thus teaches us nothing. What exactly _is_ the illegal crime rate? It would be nice to know, but KFB is no help. - Chaos Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:01:31 +0100