Tennessee has roughly 186,000 illegal aliens. California has over 2.2 million.
We have absolutely no idea how many Californians are murdered, raped, assaulted, or victimized by illegal aliens, because Gov. Gavin Newsom refuses to track the data or share it with the federal government. It’s allowed Democrats to argue that illegal aliens are less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.
Only it’s probably not true.
Because, unlike California, Tennessee actually tracked its year-to-year illegal alien crime statistics. And what they discovered was shocking and appalling.
21,648 total criminal charges [against illegal aliens] in 2025
2,183 violent offenses
41 homicides
1,592 assaults
145 sexual offenses
11 child rapes
40 aggravated kidnappings
2,920 DUIs
5,318 cases of driving without a license or on suspended/or revoked
Rep. Dan Howell (R-Tenn.) was outraged: “Forty one Tennesseeans are dead at the hands of illegal immigrants and hundreds raped. This will not be tolerated in this great state and we will do more to keep you safe. Every single one of these crimes could have been prevented.”
Given that California’s illegal alien population is roughly 11.8 times larger than Tennessee’s, if those crime stats are consistent nationally, it would mean illegals were responsible — just in California! — for approximately:
255,446 total criminal charges in 2025
25,759 violent offenses
483 homicides
18,785 assaults
1,711 sexual offenses
130 child rapes
472 aggravated kidnappings
34,456 DUIs
62,752 cases of driving without a license or on suspended/or revoked
Hellbound and Down 