No, I wasn't clear because I meant that those picked up and dropped off at the border don't always go through the court or jail systems so they wouldn't be included in the 21%...
Oh, and thanks! My daughter took the picture. These days you have to find a teen to find someone experienced with a digital camera :0) I never bother with it.
>Add to that? Are you going to assume every illegal who is picked up at the border and turned over to the INS is a criminal? Certainly not in the sense of "21% of crime in the U.S. is committed by illegal immigrants."
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>PS -- I see you finally got a new picture up. It was worth waiting for! <g> You have a bit of a mysterious look in that one.
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>>Add to that the number of illegal immigrants picked up by police and turned over to INS and then simply dropped off at the border with no jail time. That is actually the typical scenario.
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>>>>>>You are so right, Tracy. If not for illegal immigrants there would be no crime in this country. >>>Let's put up a wall!
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http://www.rasmusen.org/x/2007/06/29/illegal-immigrants-cause-21-of-crime/
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