Are most gang members illegal aliens?
Yes. Strong evidence points to the probability that most gang members are illegal aliens, A 1997 L.A. Times three part series on the 18th street gang stated that out of the membership estimated to be as high as 20,000, about 60% of them are illegal immigrants, according to a confidential report by the state Department of Justice. Its primary recruitment targets are immigrant youngsters — and that’s just one gang. And according to the L.A. Daily News, Sheriff Baca’s own study estimated that 38,748 county inmates (23 percent of the jail population) are illegal aliens who will cost the county an estimated annual jail housing cost of $150 million; and according to a 2003 report by Senator Dianne Feinstein (Combating the Spread of Gang Violence), “membership in the 18th Street gang is estimated to be 30,000 to 50,000 in California with an estimated 80 percent of the gang’s members being illegal aliens from Mexico and Central America.” Extrapolating these figures, there is strong reason to
