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Originally Posted by CorkyTart  I'm tired of people making ILLEGAL squaters out to be people who are in the US to simply work. If they are just here to work, why do these "hard workers" make up 28% of the US prison population?
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Here we have a classic case of a statistic spun by conservative spin-doctors. That 28% figure is for all 'Criminal Aliens'. A criminal Alien is any non-citizen residing here legally or not. Meaning that legal permanent residents are included in these figures. I myself am a British citizen that has lived here 30+ years and have a green card. I pay (have to) all taxes and can even be drafted if I were young enough. I just can't vote. If I was in prison, I would be included in that statistic.
The figure you want to look at is 'SCAAP criminal aliens'...these are the non-citizen aliens here Illegally. They are a subgroup of the full 'criminal alien' figure you posted.
As for immigrants and crime; here is a link showing immigrant population doubling in the same time period that violent and property crime dropped 10% or more>
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17355097/
Again, I'm not a tree hugger, just one who likes to bring some sense to the issue, that's all.