Media

New data show a dire forecast about incarceration rates didn’t come true. By Charles Lane, Washington Post, July 12, 2023

Discussing Immigration and Crime on the Utterly Moderate Podcast

Here’s some hope for supporters of criminal justice reform. By Charles Lane, Washington Post, March 30, 2021 

Undocumented Immigrants Are Half as Likely to be Arrested for Violent Crimes as U.S.-Born Citizens. By Melinda Wenner, Scientific American, December 7, 2020.

Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime? By Anna Flagg, New York Times, May 13, 2019

The Kiev Caper (discussion of “Segregation and Violence Reconsidered”) The Weeds Podcast (skip to~47 min) 

What 7 statistics tell us about immigration and crime. By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, January 9, 2019 

Trump weaponizes immigration frenzy with killings, but crime data aren’t on his side. By Cindy Carcamo, Hannah Fry and Corina Knoll, LA Times, November 02, 2018 

All Things Considered (radio interview) 

How Mollie Tibbetts’ Death Became Political Fodder Just Hours After Police Said the Suspect Is an Immigrant. By Samantha Cooney and Gina Martinez, TIME, August 22, 2018 

Fact Check: Trump’s take on immigrant crime off mark. By Colleen Long, Associated Press, June 22, 2018 

Two charts demolish the notion that immigrants here illegally commit more crime. By Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, June 19, 2018 

Undocumented immigrants less likely to be arrested for drugs, alcohol. By Ronnie Cohen, Reuters, August 8, 2017 

Black Americans See Gains in Life Expectancy. By Sabrina Tavernise, The New York Times, May 8, 2016 

Foreclosures may be driving the rise in suicides. By Emily Badger, Washington Post, May 9, 2014