Ok, back to being serious, I truly don't know if I can trust any of the numbers regarding illegals and their crime rates. Too much political bullshit. And while it is ridiculous to say the people coming here via illegal means commit more crimes than the people already here, it IS a fact that certain segments of society already here are more likely to commit crimes than others. Typically, poor people and those who have already committed a crime are far more likely to commit more crimes. So who are the people coming here? Rich people? And they've already committed a crime... So logically it would seem illegals would be far more likely to commit a crime than someone already here. Thus, if numbers show the illegals commit just as many crimes as the people already here, I wonder how they are arriving at those stats. Who are they comparing the groups to?
I typically find economists don't ever focus on the big picture. Hell, that was one thing that was preached during a recent class I took. Paraphrasing: "An economist is only going to factor in the information you provide." Point being, all the other issues that would arise from that situation, and would affect the GDP are not taken into account.
Let's get everyone in the world to move to the U.S. and watch our economy skyrocket! No other problems could possibly come up!
FYI, I'm FOR immigration. I'm against illegal immigration. However, I'm also not stupid enough to think the entire world's population should move to one area thinking it'll create a utopia.