Jingying He

Significance Despite its centrality to public and political discourse, we lack even basic information on fundamental questions regarding undocumented immigrants and crime. This stems largely from data constraints. Going beyond existing research, we utilize data from the Texas Department of Public Safety, which checks and records the immigration status of all arrestees throughout the state.

Comparing crime rates between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and native-born US citizens in Texas Michael T. Light, Jingying He, Jason P. Robey Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 2020, 202014704; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014704117

Comparing crime rates between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and native-born US citizens in Texas Edited by Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved October 5, 2020 (received for review July 13, 2020) Significance Despite its centrality to public and political discourse, we lack even basic information on fundamental questions regarding undocumented immigrants and crime. This stems largely from data constraints.