Illegal Aliens Are Most Crime-Prone Group
By James P. Tucker Jr.
American Free Press | March 20, 2006
Aday after illegal aliens protested pending immigration legislation, a new report showed they are the most crime-prone segment of society.
If the nation’s 24 counties bordering Mexico were a 51st state, they would rank number one in crimes, mainly due to immigration and drug arrests, according to a study released in Washington March 8.
“We have many challenges to address, and our problems have a significant impact on the nation as a whole,” said Greg Cox, president of the U.S./Mexican Border Counties Coalition and a San Diego County supervisor.
The report, At the Crossroads: Border Counties in Transition, was prepared by the University of Texas at El Paso’s Institute for Policy and Economic Development. The coalition “was founded nearly a decade ago because of the high costs border counties bear to incarcerate criminal illegal aliens and to provide emergency medical care,” Cox said.
The study cites the border region’s high dropout rates, heavy dependence on federal assistance and high rates of tuberculosis and diabetes. Border counties rated second in the nation in the incidence of TB, third in deaths from hepatitis and last in insurance coverage for adults and children.
DEMONSTRATIONS
Meanwhile, criminal aliens carrying signs reading “I’m not a criminal” rallied outside the U.S. Capitol March 7 to express opposition to pending legislation intended to protect U.S. borders. They called the Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act (H.R. 4437), sponsored by Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) “anti-immigrant.”
Protesters said they had a turnout of 20,000. Police said it was 5,000. The protest was supported by the foreign ministers of 11 Latin American countries, who sent lobbyists to Washington to influence so-called immigration reform proposals.
The foreign ministers, who met to plan strategy in Cartagena, Colombia, were from Colombia, Mexico, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
Every year, documented and undocumented migrants from these countries send an estimated $32 billion to relatives at home, according to U.S. authorities.
Poster Comment:
No surprises here.