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As usual, people think… But evidence shows:

Debunking Trump's conflation of #immigrants and criminality. @CatoInstitute via @washingtonpost

Friendly reminder that undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native born Americans. A recent @CatoInstitute study found that undocumented immigrants were 47% less likely to be incarcerated for crimes than native-born Americans.

.@CatoInstitute "As a percentage of their respective populations, there were 56 percent fewer criminal convictions of illegal immigrants than of native-born Americans in Texas in 2015"

These stories are heartbreaking. You can’t help but feel for these parents. But the underlying Trump conceit here is flat-out wrong. There is no data to support the idea that undocumented immigrants are more violent their native peers.

An analysis from the @CatoInstitute, a conservative think tank, found the majority of Dreamers won's benefit from the Republican immigration bills. Don't be fooled: These bills aren't a solution. They're bills to build the border wall.

The Rising Popularity of Increasing Immigration https://www.cato.org/blog/rising-popularity-increasing-immigration via @CatoInstitute

The rise of the Nordic welfare state has been a double-edged sword - bringing some benefits for women’s careers, but also creating new barriers to professional progress. @NimaSanandaji for @CatoInstitute

Facts eventually win.