House Republicans demand new study on possible link between 'uncontrolled immigration' and crime
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House Republicans want an updated study on the number of criminal illegal immigrants in the U.S. after the historic crisis at the southern border.
There have been a slew of other charges against illegal immigrants, including a Venezuelan migrant accused of raping a woman in front of a three-year-old child in New York. Meanwhile, the head of Border Patrol has said that illegal immigrants with "serious criminal histories" are trying to cross the border daily. Letter to GAO Requesting Update to Illegal Alien Crime Statistics Study by Fox News on Scribd Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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Immigration activists and others have pointed to the relatively small percentage of migrants with known criminal histories found to be crossing the border — although that does not account for those who cross and evade Border Patrol — and some studies suggest that illegal immigrants offend at a lower rate than the general population.