Cato study: no, illegal immigrants do not cause a disproportionate share of fatal crashes

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Cato study: no, illegal immigrants do not cause a disproportionate share of fatal crashes​

So what?

 

[GMCGeneral]

Why would an illegal be allowed to drive at all? They're not citizens

Apparently, we've been seeing a major uptick on illegals obtaining their Commercial Drivers licenses and getting in the cabs of these rigs. The most recent being that deadly U-Turn crash caused by an illegal from India. Plus until Trump ordered the USDOT to enforce English-only laws, these CDL mills were offering courses in languages other than English.

 

[excalibur]

https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118126/documents/HHRG-119-JU01-20250409-SD003-U3.pdf

 

[Conservative from Georgia]

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https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118126/documents/HHRG-119-JU01-20250409-SD003-U3.pdf

A much more comprehensive body of research finds that:
Undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit crimes or be incarcerated than U.S.-born citizens.

Debunking the Myth of Immigrants and Crime - American Immigration Council

Using Uniform Crime Reporting data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and population data from the U. S. Census Bureau, the Council created a report on the relationship between immigrants and crime.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

**Texas data (because it’s one of the few states tracking immigration status in arrests) shows U.S.-born citizens are:

• Over twice as likely to be arrested for violent crimes,
• 2.5 times more likely for drug-related offenses,

Study: US Citizens Twice As Likely To Commit Violent Crimes Than Undocumented Immigrants

The study used data collected from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

www.texasstandard.org

 

[Hafar1014]

Opponents of immigration love to claim that illegal immigrants cause a disproportionate number of deadly car crashes, especially DUIs.

But the numbers don’t lie. A brand-new Cato Institute analysis of 2010–2019 data shows no statistical relationship at all between the share of undocumented immigrants in a state/metro and drunk-driving deaths.

Even more: studies suggest undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit DUIs compared to citizens—because the stakes are higher for them. Other research has found that counties with higher undocumented populations often see lower DUI arrest rates and no increase in fatal accidents.

From the link:



So when someone throws out the “they’re disproportionately killing Americans on the road” claim, they’re either misinformed or deliberately fear-mongering. Cato’s own numbers (not exactly a left-wing source) completely wreck that narrative.
Excerpt:
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We find no statistically significant evidence to suggest that people who live in states or metropolitan statistical areas with higher illegal immigrants shares of the population are more at risk for drunk driving deaths. Of course, there are individual instances to the contrary and those illegal immigrants who are guilty of DUIs or DWIs or who inflict death or injury while driving drunk should be punished according to the law. However, the mere presence of illegal immigrants does not appear to affect the overall drunk driving death rate. Although our regression results are correlative and not causal in nature, they suggest that illegal immigrants do not affect overall drunk driving deaths.


Source: Cato Institute – Drunk Driving Deaths and Illegal Immigration

Who cares isnt one too many especially if it kills you. Why import illegals who cant drive
The Indian illegal immigrant truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed three people in Florida crossed into the U.S. through California in 2018, and was arrested by Border Patrol two days later.

Harjinder Singh, 28, faces deportation and three counts of homicide – negligent manslaughter/vehicle following the incident on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce on Tuesday. Following his arrest on Sept. 20, 2018, near San Ysidro, California, "he has been pending immigrant proceedings since," a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement to Fox News said.

While operating a commercial semi-truck with a trailer,

 

[JWBooth]

The Biden hand in this tragedy:

Biden trucking plan and 'crisis' of unvetted drivers: Raman Dhillon

The CEO of a U.S. Punjabi trucking association said his warnings to the White House about unvetted foreign drivers fell on deaf ears as the "driver shortage" narrative dominated the conversation.

www.overdriveonline.com

 

[excalibur]

A much more comprehensive body of research finds that:
Undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit crimes or be incarcerated than U.S.-born citizens.

Debunking the Myth of Immigrants and Crime - American Immigration Council

Using Uniform Crime Reporting data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and population data from the U. S. Census Bureau, the Council created a report on the relationship between immigrants and crime.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

**Texas data (because it’s one of the few states tracking immigration status in arrests) shows U.S.-born citizens are:

• Over twice as likely to be arrested for violent crimes,
• 2.5 times more likely for drug-related offenses,

Study: US Citizens Twice As Likely To Commit Violent Crimes Than Undocumented Immigrants

The study used data collected from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

www.texasstandard.org

That data is all immigrants, we are talking illegals only.

Conflating legal immigrants with illegal aliens is a usual thing they do.

The study I provided is illegal alien crime, which is the subject.

 

[Eman623]

There's a lot of inference in the Cato analysis. States don't actually track driving accidents by immigration status in this country, so Cato used self-reported census data to guesstimate the percentage of illegals in a bunch of Metropolitan Areas and then correlate that with drunk driving deaths. According to that, there's no bump in areas with high-illegal immigrant populations. But that doesn't really prove anything.

In any case, I don't know why we're looking at illegals per capita rate of drunk driving accidents. It would seem to me they would have a higher overall accident rate, for the reason that many never drove in their home countries, but came here and just started driving illegally without taking driver's ed or bothering to get a license. They might not be able to understand the traffic signs and their cars are probably not as new or well maintained too.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

CATO is right wing.

Named After an Assassin

You are dead right, and soon so will Cato be.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

That's hilarious, untrue but hilarious l

White Replacement Cheap Labor

The Cato Institute represents Aynal Randy sweatshop-lovers

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

So what?

Scrooges Love Scabs

This has nothing to do with driving. Smug but incompetent businessmen want to justify their economic treason.

 

[JWBooth]

White Replacement Cheap Labor

The Cato Institute represents Aynal Randy sweatshop-lovers

You give them way too much credit. They have some solid foreign policy people. Domestically, they strive to stay on the good side of the NYT/Washington Post.

 

[Leo123]

A single fatal crash caused by anyone is too much.
You can't win this one.

Not true. A fatal crash caused by an illegal is too much because they shouldn't be here or driving in the first place.

 

[Flopper]

Why would an illegal be allowed to drive at all? They're not citizens

There no good reason to deny a non-citizens the right to drive and several reason why they should have the right to drive.

Requiring all drivers, including non-citizens, to pass a driving test and obtain a license ensures they meet minimum safety standards, potentially leading to fewer accidents and safer roads.

Also, licensing non-citizens can reduce the number of uninsured drivers, as they are more likely to obtain insurance when they have a valid license.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Ironically, you didn't' discuss the study while claiming not to run away from it.

If the illegal wasn't here driving... think hard Mr Ironic

 

[DigitalDrifter]

A single fatal crash caused by anyone is too much.
You can't win this one.

The point is, if our laws would have been followed these people would not have been here in the first place and the people they kill would still be alive.

I know you could care less, since all Dimocrats have zero respect for citizenship.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

There no good reason to deny a non-citizens the right to drive and several reason why they should have the right to drive.

Requiring all drivers, including non-citizens, to pass a driving test and obtain a license ensures they meet minimum safety standards, potentially leading to fewer accidents and safer roads.

Also, licensing non-citizens can reduce the number of uninsured drivers, as they are more likely to obtain insurance when they have a valid license.

Is the non-citizen an illegal?

 

[Captain Caveman]

Opponents of immigration love to claim that illegal immigrants cause a disproportionate number of deadly car crashes, especially DUIs.

But the numbers don’t lie. A brand-new Cato Institute analysis of 2010–2019 data shows no statistical relationship at all between the share of undocumented immigrants in a state/metro and drunk-driving deaths.

Even more: studies suggest undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit DUIs compared to citizens—because the stakes are higher for them. Other research has found that counties with higher undocumented populations often see lower DUI arrest rates and no increase in fatal accidents.

From the link:



So when someone throws out the “they’re disproportionately killing Americans on the road” claim, they’re either misinformed or deliberately fear-mongering. Cato’s own numbers (not exactly a left-wing source) completely wreck that narrative.
Excerpt:
"
We find no statistically significant evidence to suggest that people who live in states or metropolitan statistical areas with higher illegal immigrants shares of the population are more at risk for drunk driving deaths. Of course, there are individual instances to the contrary and those illegal immigrants who are guilty of DUIs or DWIs or who inflict death or injury while driving drunk should be punished according to the law. However, the mere presence of illegal immigrants does not appear to affect the overall drunk driving death rate. Although our regression results are correlative and not causal in nature, they suggest that illegal immigrants do not affect overall drunk driving deaths.


Source: Cato Institute – Drunk Driving Deaths and Illegal Immigration

Why are you protecting and condoning an illegal act and thus illegal immigrants? Do you protect and condone burglars too?

 

[Flopper]

The point is, if our laws would have been followed these people would not have been here in the first place and the people they kill would still be alive.

I know you could care less, since all Dimocrats have zero respect for citizenship.

Our laws on immigration have never been followed except for brief periods and this is one of them.

2/3 of our undocumented immigrants entered the country legally and didn't leave when their visas or other documents required them to leave.

These people are not guilty of any criminal offense but rather a violation of a civil statue with no proscribed punishment, only a correction of immigration status by leaving the country, willingly or by deportation. Treating these people as criminals is wrong.

 

[Flopper]

Why are you protecting and condoning an illegal act and thus illegal immigrants? Do you protect and condone burglars too?

A burglar is criminal because he violated a criminal statue. Most of these people did not violate a criminal statue. They stayed in US after their visa or other documents expired which is violation of a civil statue requiring only a correction in immigration status.