Darryl is a social worker at a family resource center in town near the border with Mexico. Immigration, both documented and undocumented, is a frequent source of debate in his community and the needs of immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are frequently of concern at the center. He is sometimes stunned by the anger he sees in his otherwise kind and caring neighbors and colleagues, and wonders why a country that is composed largely on immigrants and the descendants of immigrants, has become so overtly hostile to immigrants.

Darryl is very aware that some politicians argue that immigrants are dangerous to communities and that other countries are somehow selectively sending criminals to the United States. Is it the case that immigrants are disproportionately responsible for crime?