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Illegal aliens contribute significantly to the problem of gang violence in Virginia. By reducing the number of illegal aliens in the Commonwealth, we will significantly reduce the problem of gang violence.
- 25-50% of all gangsters arrested
in northern and western Virginia are estimated to be deportable
aliens. Gang investigators estimate that 90% of the members of MS-13,
the most notorious immigrant gang, are illegal aliens.
- More
MS-13 members have been nabbed in Virginia than any other ICE
jurisdiction in the country (261 arrests out of an estimated population
of 2,000 in the state). Nearly 80% of the 341 ICE gang arrests in
Virginia were members of MS-13. The remainder belonged to 28 other
gangs.
- Immigrant gangsters
are responsible for serious and often violent crimes in Virginia. Nine
of those arrested by ICE in the last three years were murderers, and
six were sex offenders. Their most common crimes were assault and
robbery/larceny.
- Gangsters
tend to work by day in construction, landscaping, farming, and day
labor, and at night are involved in organized crime including drug
dealing, prostitution rings, theft, and extortion.
- 62% of alien gangsters arrested in Virginia by ICE were from El Salvador, 12 % were from Mexico, and 10% from Honduras.
- Immigration
law provides powerful investigative authorities not available to local
or even other federal LEAs. In addition, federal immigration law
provides special measures to encourage cooperation of witnesses and
informants, and to protect victims of crime.
- Researchers
found no “chilling effect” on the reporting of crime as a result of
partnerships with ICE. Immigrant community leaders do have an
important role to play in reinforcing the message that crime victims
and witnesses are not targets of immigration law enforcement.
- Immigrant gangs are multiplying and spreading out across the state, and both ICE and state and local LEAs believe they would benefit greatly from receiving more formal training in immigration law, documentation and related issues that apply to criminal aliens.
Source: Center for Immigration Studies, January 2008.