U.S. Citizens Twice as Likely to Land in NJ Prisons.

SOURCE:  http://realcostofprisons.org/
by Brian Donohue/The Star-Ledger
Saturday April 12, 2008, 9:33 PM

U.S. citizens are twice as likely to land in New Jersey's prisons as legal and illegal immigrants, according to new data that counter some of the most widely perceived notions about the link between immigration and crime.

"When you look at incarceration rates (New Jersey), you find immigrants much less likely than the native born to be incarcerated," Piehl added. "Once you control for the fact that immigrants are generally younger and less educated, then the data you find is even more surprising."
Advocates of tougher enforcement say the numbers do nothing to lessen the need to crack down on immigrants who commit crimes, including using local police to do it. MORE