One of the concerns that people have about immigrants is the idea that they increase the crime rate. The data does not support this idea. There are reasons why crimes committed by immigrants might get more coverage than other crimes.

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This is the distribution of the US population based on census data since the first census. Starting in 1960’s, the population growth in the US has been driven mainly by immigration. This understandably concerns some individuals in the relatively shrinking groups.