"...the arrival of
record numbers of immigrants at the United States–Mexico border over the past two years
has not corresponded with an overall increase in crime in so-called “blue” cities where many of the recent arrivals have settled. In most places, the
opposite has happened — crime, including violent crime, has
trended downward (other than larceny and a small increase in robbery) after peaking across the country in 2020. This has been true since the
spring of 2022, the year Republican governors, including those in Arizona, Florida, and Texas, began transporting undocumented immigrants to cities with more immigrant-friendly policies, including
Boston,
Chicago,
New York, and Washington."
Brennan Center for justice