Criminal Justice

More Americans believe that Hispanics are the targets of a lot of discrimination in American society than say the same about any other major racial or ethnic group, according to a survey taken prior to the enactment of an immigration enforcement law by the state of Arizona.

Maryland has become the first state in the nation to make plans to count prisoners at their last known home addresses, not their prison addresses, for purposes of redrawing federal, state and local legislative districts.

When the Census Bureau counts prisoners, they are tallied at their prison addresses because that is their usual residence under census rules.

Young Latino adults in the United States are more likely to be in school or the work force now than their counterparts were in previous generations.

Mexicans are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the direction of their country and nearly six-in-ten say those who leave their country for the United States enjoy a better life there. One-in-three would move to the U.S. if they had the opportunity.

Only about half (55%) of all African Americans express confidence in the police to do a good job enforcing the law.

Latinos' confidence in the U.S. criminal justice system is closer to the relatively low levels expressed by blacks than to the higher levels expressed by whites.

Sharp growth in illegal immigration and increased enforcement of immigration laws have dramatically altered the ethnic composition of offenders sentenced in federal courts.

Half (50%) of all Latinos say that the situation of Latinos in this country is worse now than it was a year ago.