Topic
CRIMigration
236 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Sham Marriage Ring in Southern California
H.G. Reza reports in the LA Times:Ten more suspects have been snared in an ongoing federal investigation into a scam involving Asians willing to pay thousands of dollars to immigrate…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants as Law-Abiding Members of U.S. Society: The Myth of Immigrants as a Crime Problem
Despite the wailing in Congress and from the restrictionist crowd about the "criminal alien" problem, the evidence continues to grow that immigrants are more likely to abide by the law…
ImmigrationProf Blog
MAPA Analysis of Senate Actions
Mexican American Political AssociationJune 07, 2007IMMIGRATION DEBATE UPDATE Introduction. We are forwarding you these updates on the immigration debate prepared by the Center for Human Rights and Consitutional Law, Attornys…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Scam Involves Purported Yale Law Professor
Dave Altimari of the Harford Courant reports on an immigration scam:Ralph Cucciniello has claimed to be several things in what authorities call a long history as a scam artist -…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Fraud Case Against Luis Posada Carriles Dismissed
The Washington Post (here) reports that a federal judge in El Paso, Texas judge threw out an immigration fraud indictment against a former CIA operative, drawing accusations from Cuba and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Defrauding of Immigrants by “Notarios”
On Monday, the Washington Post ran a story "Some Immigrants Duped by `notarios'" by Travis Loller (click here). It discusses a problem that has existed for quite a while but…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants and Crime
In an age of Latino gangs and Chinese criminal networks, the notion that communities with growing immigrant populations tend to be unsafe is fairly well established, at least in the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Real Immigrant Crime Problem
It took Esteban Velásquez a year to save enough money to buy a gold chain he had always wanted. But last summer, as Mr. Velásquez, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Bosnian Immigration Fraud Case Goes to Jury
On the 11th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, prosecutors anddefense attorneys made their closing arguments Tuesday in theimmigration fraud trial of a Bosnian who admitted participating in thecarnage.But both prosecutors…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More on immigrants and crime
On July 9, Kevin Johnson posted information about a new anthology examining questions of immigration and crime. Describing the text, he wrote, "Overall, the contributors argue that fears of immigrant…