The Most Common Arguments Against Immigration and Why They're Wrong by Alex Nowrasteh

Author:Alex Nowrasteh [Nowrasteh, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Public Policy, Political Ideologies, Immigration, Political Science, Libertarianism
ISBN: 9781952223235
Google: Jt4zEAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B097HT6MPJ
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Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 2021-06-16T00:00:00+00:00

Myth

8

“Immigrants pose a unique risk today because of terrorism.”

FACT: The annual chance of being murdered in a terrorist attack committed by a foreign-born person on U.S. soil from 1975 through the end of 2017 was about 1 in 3.8 million per year.

Terrorism is not a modern means to wage war. A large number of bombings and terrorist attacks occurred in the early 20th century, many of them committed by immigrants, labor unionists, socialists, and their fellow travelers.54 Today, deaths from terrorism committed by immigrants are greater than they were a century ago, but the risk is still low. Overall, immigration is not correlated with terrorist attacks, and the risk of being murdered in an attack committed by a foreign-born terrorist is also small.55 For instance, the annual chance of being murdered in a terrorist attack committed by a foreign-born person on U.S. soil from 1975 through the end of 2017 was about 1 in 3.8 million per year (Table 1). More than 98 percent of the people murdered by foreign-born terrorists on U.S. soil were murdered on 9/11, and the attackers entered on tourist visas and one student visa, not immigrant visas.

Table 1. Terrorism deaths per visa category and annual chance of being murdered, 1975–2017

Source: Alex Nowrasteh, “Terrorists by Immigration Status and Nationality: A Risk Analysis, 1975–2017,” Cato Institute Policy Analysis no. 866, May 7, 2019.

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