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Cato Weekly Podcast • March 4, 2019 

# Criminal Immigrants in 2017: Their Numbers, Demographics, and Countries of Origin 

For all the bluster about immigration, the idea that immigrants pose a unique crime problem still doesn’t show up in the data. Alex Nowrasteh discusses his [new paper](https://www.cato.org/publications/immigration-research-policy-brief/criminal-immigrants-2017-their-numbers-demographics).

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##### [Alex Nowrasteh](/people/alex-nowrasteh)

Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

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