Since migrations represent movements of people from one place to another, immigration could be defined as movement across borders, from home to a host country (see GCSE Bitesize n.d.). Most of the countries in the World are part of the immigration flows, especially during the previous period and refugee crisis affecting Syria. One of the most attractive destinations for immigrants is the United States, which has more foreign nationals than any country in the World (see Perucca 2010). The immigration inflows to the US started together with a very beginning of its existence. Some of the greater peaks occurred during the 19th century and the Industrial Revolution, as well as after the Second World War, when millions were hoping to be accepted by the US (see The Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island n.d.). The reasons for immigration are various. Individuals decide to move to another country due to social, economic, political or ecological factors (see Piesse 2014). .
Furthermore, crime, as another point of this paper, refers to the individual or group acts against the law. .
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According to the conducted analysis among American citizens, more than a half of the US population does support the idea of immigration increasing crime rates (see Spenkuch 2013, p.2). It is a known fact that immigrants usually do have a lower quality of life, less education and less options to work than natives, which might serve as a support to the idea of a positive correlation to crime. What also might be the reason is the gender and age of immigrants, who are often young men and, according to research, more likely to be involved in criminal activities (see Spenkuch 2013,