Week $8$: Chapter $21$ You Decide Part I $-$ Choose Your Path: Issues in Immigraturijustre

Immigration issues are some of the most hotly debated issues in the United States today. Each of these debated issues has two sides, of course, but arguments often focus on economics or cultural diversity. From the economic perspective, immigration boosts fabor? However, some argue that immigrants depress wages and take jobs from citizens.

Juanita Juarez is an undocumented immigrant who was brought to the United States by her parents when she was three years old. She is now a single mother of two. Recently, ICE agents conducted a raid on the manufacturing plant where she works. She has been detained for several weeks in an ICE lockup facility and has not been allowed to see her kids. Her attorney has filed several motions in federal court, but due to the backlog, those motions will not be heard for another one to two months.

Let's review a few concepts before you make a decision about this scenario.

Which statement best summarizes the connection between immigration and crime?

Research has not yet produced results for the connection between immigration and crime.

Research suggests that immigrants engage in crime at a lower rate than nonimmigrants.

Research suggests that immigrants engage in crime at a higher rate than nonimmigrants.

Research suggests that immigrants engage in crime at about the same rate as nonimmigrants.