claim: says texas department of public safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.
author: lupe valdez
evidence_1: feb 26, 2018 ... moreover, the conviction and arrest rates for illegal immigrants were lower ... the  texas dps data separately show the number of convictions and ... regardless of  the year in which the crime was actually committed. ... the larceny conviction rate  for illegal immigrants was 77 percent below that of natives.
evidence_2: jan 3, 2018 ... do unauthorized immigrants really commit 1.6 percent of crimes? our weekly  check-in with the texas truth-o-meter. ... greg abbott touted the new sanctuary  city law, saying it would improve public safety. ... department of public safety  numbers show 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized ...
evidence_3: jun 4, 2018 ... the data show that all immigrants—legal and illegal—are less likely to ... by  themselves, illegal immigrants are less likely to be incarcerated than native-born  americans. ... the texas department of public safety found that, as a percentage  ... criminal convictions than native-born americans in texas in 2015.
evidence_4: jan 27, 2017 ... the order also calls for the establishment of an office for victims of crimes ... the  authors found that 1.6 percent of immigrant males age 18-39 are ... will deter  immigrants from reporting crime and negatively impact public safety. ... some  immigrants commit crimes, salas-wright says that the myth that they ...
evidence_5: jun 22, 2018 ... the figure would mean undocumented immigrants, who account for roughly 3  percent of the population, would have to commit about one quarter of the nation's  ... of the texas population but accounted for only 1.6 percent of homicide ... has a  deleterious effect on public safety, unauthorized border crossings ...