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Isn't it common sense that people breaking the law should get deported and go back to where they came from? For Pete's sake, I wish people were more conservative about this!

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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The arrest rate of immigrants is less than 1%???? That incidence of crime is so much lower than American citizens we are effectively importing a lower crime rate.

OP, I implore you to go look them up for yourself. The thing you're worried about is going to blow your mind how wrong you are.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Less than 1% of those coming in are actual criminals, it's not counting the existing immigrant population, which is slightly higher, but still far lower than the domestic population.