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Undocumented Immigration Doesn’t Raise Neighborhood Crime, Study Finds

8/13/2026

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Charis Kubrin (UC Irvine) led research finding undocumented immigration does not increase crime in neighborhoods.
The analysis covered 11,500 neighborhoods, 46 million residents, in cities from 2010 to 2018.
John Hipp (UC Irvine) said the rise in robberies, alongside a fall in property crime and unchanged violent crime, may reflect undocumented residents targeted.
Charis Kubrin said immigration enforcement harms safety, noting Orange County businesses lost $59 million in output over eight weeks.

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Charis Kubrin (UC Irvine) led research finding undocumented immigration does not increase crime in neighborhoods.
The analysis covered 11,500 neighborhoods, 46 million residents, in cities from 2010 to 2018.
John Hipp (UC Irvine) said the rise in robberies, alongside a fall in property crime and unchanged violent crime, may reflect undocumented residents targeted.
Charis Kubrin said immigration enforcement harms safety, noting Orange County businesses lost $59 million in output over eight weeks.