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October 1, 2007

PA Reps Issue Report on "Illegal Alien Invaders"

We previously have reported about the growing number of studies undermining the frequent claim that immigrants are responsible for an inordinate amount of crime.  A task force to study immigration issues in the Pennsylvania is being proposed by a coalition of Latino leaders and state lawmakers. The call comes in response to a House Republican report released that alleges thousands of what it dubs “illegal alien invaders” are committing crimes in Pennsylvania.. The "data" cited in the report came from newspaper reports of criminal charges -- not police conviction records. For a news story about the repoirt, click here.

KJ

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