Race and Class Test 2
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What does the label Hispanic American refer too?
An individuals first language
What language does Hispanic American refer too?
Spanish
What groups of Hispanic Americans are in the US?
Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans
Who is the second most feared face in the US?
Hispanic Americans
How do the Hispanic Americans believe in the CJ system?
They believe the system works, though due to ICE their opinions are swaying
What type of criminal activity do documented immigrants partake in?
Gangs, High level druge use
What type of criminal activity do undocumented immigrants partake in?
Immigration offenses
What is the fastes growing type of gang in the US? What percentage?
Hispanic Gangs, 47%
What gang was the most structured in Chicago?
Spanish Growth and Development
What type of structure did SGD have?
Centralized with leader with smaller groups spread around with their own leaders
What caused rampant violence in the SGD?
Other gangs using their structure and smaller subdivisions of SGD trying to take over
What happened after the SGD collapse in the mid 90s?
They were left fractured and had a breakdown of gang leadership
What are the 3 similarities in Hispanic gangs today?
Large in size, prison affiliation, funded by narcotic and/or human trafficking
What is the immigrant population?
52 million
What percentage of the immigrant population are legal?
74%
How many immigrants are unauthorized?
14 million
What percentage of unauthorized immigrants are visa overstayers?
42%
How many unauthorized immigrants make up the labor force?
9.7 million
Where are we most likely to find unauthorized immigrants?
Construction, Service jobs, and Agriculture
What did Gundai (2021) find?
Undocumented immigrants are 33% less likely to be institutionalized over US natives
What did Adelman (2021) find?
Negative effects of undocumented immigration on the overall property crime rate and the outcome of violent crime measures are statistically nonsignificant and they concluded immigration either reduces or has no impact on crime
What did Cato Institute (2024) find?
Undocumented immigrants have lower homicide conviction rate in Texas
What did studies in 2024 find?
1.4% of all undocumented removals were related to gang or suspected gang activity (ICE)