- Immigrant criminality
Immigrant criminality (foreigner criminality, foreigner delinquency) refers to
delinquency perpetrated by non-naturalized residents of foreign origin within a given country.Allegations of heightened levels of immigrant criminality can serve as a
propaganda item in "nativist"opposition to immigration .In
Switzerland , the term " _de. Ausländerkriminalität" ("foreigner criminality") since the 1990s has become a politically charged term, with the populist "black sheep" campaign for the "initiative for the extradition of criminal foreigners" of theSwiss People's Party making international headlines in September 2007.In
The Netherlands , the high rate of criminality amongst the immigrant population was one of the main reasons behind the success of the late anti-immigration politicianPim Fortuyn and immigration and islam-scepticsRita Verdonk andGeert Wilders in the early 21st century.ee also
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Opposition to immigration
*DREAM Act
*Illegal immigration to the United States
*Demographics of Switzerland#Delinquency
*Xenophobia
*"Überfremdung "
*Race and crime External links
*Rubén G. Rumbaut; Walter A. Ewing, [http://borderbattles.ssrc.org/Rumbault_Ewing/ The Myth of Immigrant Criminality] special report for the Immigration Policy Center, 2007.
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