Immigration

Report: DACA-age illegals far more likely to commit crimes, be in jail

By Paul Bedard
Published January 12, 2018 6:46pm ET
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Report: DACA-age illegals far more likely to commit crimes, be in jail
In this Sunday, April 2, 2017 photo, signs warning trespassers line a wooden bench surrounded by makeshift slip-ons known as "carpet shoes" on the porch of rancher Jim Chilton, in Arivaca, Ariz.. Hilton, who finds the slip-ons abandoned on his property, says they are worn by people illegally crossing the border as a way to keep authorities from finding their tracks. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) | Rodrigo Abd

A new report about crimes committed by illegals finds that younger undocumented immigrants who were eligible for former President Obama’s DACA amnesty program commit far more crimes than other immigrants or U.S. citizens.

In unearthing rare data that details the crimes and sentences of illegals in Arizona, the Crime Prevention Research Center reported that immigrants age 15-35, the general population of the 700,000 in Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, “commit crime at twice the rate of young U.S. citizens.”

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