Comments on: Stats on the undocumented in NY prison system

By: Groups mobilize against Dobbs, CNN | Beyond Borders

Groups mobilize against Dobbs, CNN | Beyond Borders — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:10:53 +0000

[...] that about a third of prisoners are illegal aliens. We fact-checked that claim on the state level here and at the national level here. (The actual percentage is 6 percent if you include all noncitizens, [...]

By: Fact-check: Illegal immigrants and crime | Beyond Borders

Fact-check: Illegal immigrants and crime | Beyond Borders — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:35:45 +0000

[...] Greg Ball has also made this claim in reference to New York state prisons. The actual percentage of inmates who are identified as [...]

By: Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:34:32 +0000

[...] Ball, R-Carmel, is scheduled to be on a panel with the Mayor of New Haven, John DeStefano, moderated by the editor of El Diario newspaper. DeStefano is best known in the immigration world for the creation of municipal ID cards which, among other things, can help undocumented residents open a bank account. (Although DeStefano got major press over this, I don’t think it was that unusual a policy. I’ve heard stories of Westchester residents using their county pool pass as an ID at the bank.) [...]