perspective

It worries me that we have to do studies like this, too. It also heartens me, some, that there are those out there who are, at the very least, willing to look for facts to either substantiate assumptions or debunk them as the case may be.

From the news article about the study:

"Our research indicates that limiting immigration, requiring higher educational levels to obtain visas or spending more money to increase penalties against criminal immigrants will have little impact on public safety," Kristin Butcher said in a statement.
While immigrants often have lower levels of education and higher poverty rates, which are normally associated with higher crimes rates, other factors are probably contributing to the underrepresentation among the foreign-born in state prisons.