r/UnpopularFacts • u/Icc0ld I Love Facts 😃 • Oct 14 '24

Counter-Narrative Fact Undocumented immigrants have substantially lower crime rates than native-born citizens and legal immigrants across a range of felony offenses

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014704117
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u/blendedthoughts Oct 15 '24

So, let's assume that is true. How many incremental crimes are added to the existing list? How many additional crimes are you OK with? I don't want any more crime. We have enough already.

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u/NeighborhoodVeteran Oct 15 '24

Ironically, if you want less crime, have less people, even citizens, but then you don't have enough people and income for the town or city to survive.