July 11, 2007
Here’s a new NBER working paper, “Why are Immigrants’ Incarceration Rates so Low? Evidence on Selective Immigration, Deterrence, and Deportation,” by Kristin F. Butcher and Anne Morrison Piehl.
Here’s the abstract:
The perception that immigration adversely affects crime rates led to legislation in the 1990s that particularly increased punishment of criminal aliens.
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