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Summary Of Immigrants And Crime Statistics

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This article has brought up the truth when it comes to immigrants and crime statistics. With the upcoming American elections, the topic of immigrants is widely debated and discussed upon. Statistics which are given indicate that crime rates for immigrants are increasingly high. This instills moral panic in communities when there is no reason evident reason to be afraid. The crime statistics of immigrant crimes are exaggerated and emphasized upon. Crime rates as the article mentioned are low. Immigrants are not solely responsible for committing crimes. Moral panic occurs since the elections and Donald Trump is creating fear and hostility towards immigrants. The presentation of crime statistics is heavily weighed upon. In order to validate a claim, statistics are used. This is what this article indicates. Mr. Trump is using dated statistics to support his claim of dangerous immigrants. These accusations can evidently make immigrants feel as if they are targeted by politicians which in turn, can result in marginalization. The correlation of immigrants and crime rates is a myth. The media portrays immigrants to be dangerous and responsible for crimes. This is not the case; not all individuals are …show more content…

American officers argue that they do not racially profile individuals. This is not a case, for instance, the Arizona SB1070 would show occurrences of racial profiling. If this bill went through it would allow officers to pull over and question anyone that resembled a "Mexican appearance". This can include anything from how the individual is dressed and their physical appearance. Arizona officers argued that this was not racial profiling and they would use different means to question individuals. Clearly this was not the case, this bill was meant to allow for racial profiling. This would be considered a myth for the reason that officers argue that they never racially profile, but this bill would argue

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