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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:07 Using the Wrong Group in Comparisons

1:55 The Criminality of Immigrants

8:28 Amnesty Creates Bad Incentives

9:19 The Fiscal Impact of Immigration

13:29 Illegal Immigrants and Social Security

14:12 Immigrants’ Cultures and Values

16:36 The Different Environment of the New Immigrants

17:30 Is Diversity Our Strength?

SOURCES

— Immigration & Crime Statistics —

[Topic: Immigrant conviction rates in Texas]

Nowrasteh, Alex. "Illegal Immigrant Murderers in Texas, 2013–2022." Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 977, June 2024.

https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2024-06/Policy-Analysis-977-new-release-date.pdf

[Topic: Immigrant incarceration rates nationally]

Landgrave, Michelangelo and Alex Nowrasteh. "Illegal Immigrant Incarceration Rates, 2010–2023." Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 994, April 2025.

https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2025-03/Policy-Analysis-994.pdf

[Topic: Alternative methodology for Texas crime data]

Light, Michael T., Jingying He, and Jason P. Robey. "Comparing Crime Rates between Undocumented Immigrants, Legal Immigrants, and Native-Born US Citizens in Texas." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2020.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014704117

[Topic: Second-generation immigrant criminality]

Rumbaut, Rubén G. et al. "Debunking the Myth of Immigrant Criminality: Imprisonment Among First- and Second-Generation Young Men." Migration Policy Institute, June 2006.

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/debunking-myth-immigrant-criminality-imprisonment-among-first-and-second-generation-young

Pew Research Center. "Crime Rises Among Second-Generation Immigrants as They Assimilate." October 15, 2013.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2013/10/15/crime-rises-among-second-generation-immigrants-as-they-assimilate/

[Topic: Crime statistics by race and ethnicity]

FBI. "Crime in the United States, 2019: Table 43."

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-43

U.S. Census Bureau. "QuickFacts: United States."

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045224

— Fiscal Impact & Tax Contributions —

[Topic: Undocumented immigrant tax contributions]

Alex Fitzpatrick. "Where Immigrants Pay the Most Taxes." Axios, March 10, 2025.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/immigrants-taxes-map

[Topic: Fiscal impact of immigration, including comparisons by education level and age of entry]

Di Martino, Daniel. "The Fiscal Impact of Immigration (2025 Update)." Manhattan Institute, 2025.

https://manhattan.institute/article/the-fiscal-impact-of-immigration-2025-update

— Values, Culture & Assimilation —

[Topic: Muslim American attitudes toward extremism]

Pew Research Center. "Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism." August 30, 2011.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2011/08/30/muslim-americans-no-signs-of-growth-in-alienation-or-support-for-extremism/

[Topic: Cologne, Germany New Year's Eve 2015 sexual assaults]

Ralf Bosen. "New Year's Eve in Cologne: 5 Years After the Mass Assaults." Deutsche Welle, December 31, 2020.

https://www.dw.com/en/new-years-eve-in-cologne-5-years-after-the-mass-assaults/a-56073007

Journeyman Pictures. "The Night That Changed Germany's Attitude To Refugees." April 4, 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm5SYxRXHsI

[Topic: Norway's voluntary classes for migrants]

James Longman. "Norway Teaches Migrants about Western Women." BBC News, June 7, 2016.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36469828

BBC News. "Norway: Rape Prevention Classes for Refugees." June 7, 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQW8DIrskE

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