Last month, Fox News reported that 13 percent of “Dreamers” have an arrest record and highlighted that some of those arrests were connected to crimes like murder and rape. Many other right-leaning groups have pointed out the same figures. Unfortunately, these reports lack both context and accuracy. Dreamers are actually less likely to be arrested than U.S. citizens.
The reports are based on new numbers on arrest records for Dreamers published by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). “Dreamers,” the common name for individuals brought to the United States illegally by their parents as children and now protected by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, are at the center of the current immigration debate on Capitol Hill. That makes these numbers politically important for the outcome of the debate. At first, the numbers seem scary.
Illegal Immigration, Immigration Policy, Media Bias, Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals, Media, Fox News, Crime, DACA, Dreamers
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