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Originally Posted by BENZ-LGB
So, the CCSCE cannot stay, with any certainty, that illegal alines commit less crimes because we have no way of knowing who is legal or not.
You're fortunate that you live in Hawaii. While illegal immigrants have no problem crossing the Rio Grande, I am certain that they would have a much tougher time swimming 1/2 way across the Pacific.
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Thanks for that. The specific data quote you refer to is from US Census Bureau data, not from the Council.
Of course that would also mean that neither side can claim that illegals commit more, or less crime (other than their "status") since, as you say, the information is not subject to calculation.
Anecdotal reports of facts are fine, but limited.
Yes, Hawaii has less of a Hispanic illegal immigration problem. There was an INS "round up" of Hispanic construction workers at a downtown building site earlier this year, but certainly not anything the scope of California or other border states.
However, we do have a substantial number of visa violations that keeps the local INS busy, since we are a major entryway into the US from Southeast Asia and have a multicultural population that maintains substantial ties to their former homelands.