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Illegal Immigrants Are Statistically Far More Likely to End Up in Federal Prison Than U.S. Citizens Illegal immigration (often referring to unauthorized or undocumented immigrants) leads to higher criminality frequently cite federal crime statistics to support their view. From this perspective, the data shows a clear overrepresentation of non-citizens in the federal criminal justice system, which they interpret as evidence that illegal immigrants are disproportionately involved in crime and thus more likely to be incarcerated federally compared to the average U.S. citizen. Below, I'll outline this argument as it's commonly presented, using the most recent available data (up to fiscal year 2025 and early 2026), while maintaining a focus on factual statistics. Key Statistics  Population Share**: Unauthorized immigrants are estimated to make up about 3–4% of the total U.S. population. Recent estimates (from sources like Pew Research Center and Migration Policy Institute) placed t...

Four decades ago Jimmy Carter became the last president elected in the great state of Texas.  America's second most populated state has been consistently a red state ever since the Georgia peanut farmer led America. Is Texas now and play again?  If so, what are the possible implications? Judging by the 2020 Presidential electoral college map, losing Texas would spell doom for the Republican party. Just in the last 20 years, the West has politically transformed. Is the red state of Texas turning purple or blue? The West has already gone blue in Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon.   The Lone Star State has shifting demographics have giving Democrats hope: 2014, (now) Governor Abbott  won by +20% points.    2018 Abbot won by + 13%.  2020 Abbot won by 10.9% Democrats are fighting to allow illegals to vote in local elections in New York City, Boston and other municipalities, as well as statewide in Connecticut.   The pamphlet below has been veri...