“It was hiding in the celery," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy. "Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”

“It was hiding in the celery," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy. "Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”

  • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
    164·
    3 months ago

    You’re assuming that undocumented persons are evenly dispersed amongst the country, and in every community, when they’re not.

    While you’ll find undocumented persons all over the country, like any other group, there are areas of heavy concentration that account for the majority of population. And in those areas, they tend to form communities around each other.

    So if the vast majority of them live within communities that comprise heavily of other undocumented migrants, those crimes that are between two and undocumented persons, are significantly less likely to be brought attention of American law enforcement.

    I’m not saying never, but that is a common enough occurrence to skew those stats and make them disingenuous at best.

    Again, nothing new to what I’m saying here…

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      218·
      3 months ago

      You are just… so terrible at understanding statistics it’s hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.

      • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
        103·
        3 months ago

        Really?

        So you disagree with my broad strokes explainer on undocumented population distribution?

        Or do you disagree with my assertion that most perpetrators of crime victimize people in their same community?

        • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
          212·
          3 months ago

          When your entire premise is wrong you don’t get to claim minor victories. They do not sum up to you being correct if you still get the wrong answer with the correct variables. You’ve shown your work but the answer is still wrong. Do better.

          • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
            133·
            3 months ago

            Whew! For a split second you had me wondering whether or not you were completely full of shit, thanks for clearing that up.

            So… You don’t disagree that the majority of the undocumented migrant population reside within communities that have large numbers of other undocumented persons.

            And you don’t disagree that most perpetrators of crime victimize people within their same communities…

            You just believe that undocumented persons report crimes to law enforcement at the same rates as legal residents and citizens…?

            I take it you also believe the reported rates of rapes and sexual assaults to be accurate as well?

            Well, if you do, let me be the first to tell you that rapes and sexual assaults are also underreported at statistically significant rates.