T H E SECTION II
S T A T E
O F
CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHICS
A R I Z O N A ’ S
H I S P A N I C
M A R K E T
# 5 –5 ImmigrantsIMMIGRATION increase crime. CHAPTER
#5 Myth IMMIGRANTS INCREASE CRIME
• Men (vast U.S. popu are n are 1
Incarceration rate, California, 2000 (highest population of immigrants, undocumented and legal) Native-born
tim mo lik
4.5% Immigrant
From 1994 to 2005 Nationally
0.7%
in pr immi
FACTS The undocumented population doubled while the rate of violent crime declined by
Men age 18-39 (vast majority ofproperty U.S. prison that are nativecrime ratepopulation) fell by 26.4%. born are 11 times more likely to be in prison than immigrants.
34.2
Source: Lutheran Immigration and Refuge Services, Immigration Myths Busted Infographic
The undocumented population doubled while the rate of violent crime declined by 34.2% and the property crime rate fell by 26.4%. Source: Lutheran Immigration and Refuge Services, Immigration Myths Busted Infographic.
#6 – All migrants choose to leave their home countries and do no integrate into the American culture
FACT
#6 Myth
ALL MIGRANTS % CHOOSE TO LEAVE THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AND DO NOT More than 90% INTEGRATE INTO of the90% children of children recent of than of the THE AMERICANMore immigrants speak recent immigrants speak English regardless of the country of English regardless of origin CULTURE
90
Many migrants,
such as refugees The rate of citizenship amo and asylum seekers, are by 2 forcedgrew from to their home countries because of conflict or Many migrants, such as ref religious and/or asylum seekers, are forced political home countries because of persecution. religious and/or political p
56%
the country of origin.
Source: Lutheran Immigration and Refuge Services, Immigration Myths Busted Infographic
The rate of citizenship among Latinos grew to
56% by 2008.
Source: Lutheran Immigration and Refuge Services, Immigration Myths Busted Infographic.
DATO S
TUCSON 2015 161