Sunday, October 11, 2015

A new study finds immigrants commit less crime and they learn English

See Those Assimilating Immigrants.
"“Across all measurable outcomes, integration increases over time, with immigrants becoming more like the native-born with more time in the country, and with the second and third generations becoming more like other native-born Americans than their parents were.”"(from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine)

"Given that immigrant households are typically larger than those of native-born Americans, simple arithmetic means that the more people you have in a home, the more likely one of these people will receive some sort of government benefit."

"if you add up immigrants here legally and illegally, and then throw in the children of both groups, it works out to about 78.1 million people."

"roughly 85% of America’s foreign-born population speak a language other than English at home."

"English-language proficiency, it says, may be happening even “faster now” than it did for earlier waves of mainly European immigrants."

"“increased prevalence of immigrants is associated with lower crime rates—the opposite of what many Americans fear.” The incarceration rate for the foreign born is only a fourth of that of the native born."

"As for working, the report notes that “the least educated immigrants” are “more likely to be employed than comparably educated native-born men, indicating that they are filling an important niche in our economy.”"

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