As the descendant of immigrants and friend of numerous refugees, I would like to take issue with Dr. Ray Wolbrecht’s column on immigration.

He states that “some” immigrants learn English, find work and abide by our laws, but others come to “gain wealth in illegal ways.” He adds there are “no statistics” on how many are in the latter category.

Nonsense.

Two recent studies showed that immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than U.S. citizens. One of these w...