Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1904 — Foreign Born Criminals. [ARTICLE]

Foreign Born Criminals.

According to statistics collected by Chicago officials in twelve of the principal cities of the United States, foreignbo ru residents constitute 26.1 per cent of the urban population, and they furnish 29.3 per cent of the prisoners arrested for all causes. In view of the fact that ninny foreigners offend against the law through ignorance, the common assumption that there are more criminals among the foreign-born than among the nativeborn population is difficult of proofs Old papers for sale at thia office.