Immigration and Crime: New Studies Examine Crime Among Immigrants, Local Enforcement Efforts

Immigration and Crime: New Studies Examine Crime Among Immigrants, Local
Enforcement Efforts

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Immigration
Studies will hold a panel discussion to explore the issue of immigration and
crime. The Center will be releasing an extensive new report examining
immigrant criminality overall. The findings of the report, "Immigration and
Crime: Assessing a Conflicted Issue," show that recent government data, some
of which has not been examined before, indicates that immigrants have
relatively high rates of criminality. However, this contradicts older academic
research which found low rates. In addition, the panel will also discuss "The
287(g) Program: Protecting Home Towns and Homeland," a new Center report on
the initiative which enables local law enforcement to identify and remove
criminal aliens. Davidson County, Tenn., Sheriff Daron Hall will discuss the
impact of the 287(g) program on crime in his community.

The panel discussion will be on Thursday, November 19, at 9 a.m. at the 4th
Estate Restaurant of the National Press Club, 14th & F streets NW. Advance
copies of "Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Conflicted Issue," are available
for the media; the study will be published Thursday at www.cis.org. The report
on the 287(g) program is already posted at http://cis.org/287greport.

The panel will include:

Daron Hall, Sheriff of Davidson County, Tenn. (Nashville); he oversees the
county's 287(g) program and is on the board of the National Sheriffs'
Association, as well as the incoming president of the American Correctional
Association

Steven Camarota, Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies; lead
author of "Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Conflicted Issue"

Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, Center for Immigration Studies;
co-author of "The 287(g) Program: Protecting Home Towns and Homeland" and
co-author of "Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Conflicted Issue"

Moderator: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent research institution
which examines the impact of immigration on the United States.

SOURCE Center for Immigration Studies

Bryan Griffith, +1-202-466-8185, press@cis.org