Atlanta Readers Raise Concerns Over Immigration and Crime as Election Cycle Heats Up

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As the 2024 election cycle heats up, immigration remains a contentious issue, particularly following the tragic killing of Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus by Jose Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela. Former President Donald Trump has used this case to criticize the Biden administration's immigration policies, making unfounded claims about Haitian migrants and crime. Despite these assertions, research indicates that immigrants, both legal and undocumented, have lower incarceration rates than native-born Americans, and crime rates in the U.S. have been declining even as immigration has increased.