according to immigration analyst alex nowrasteh, and criminologist barry latzer, texas is the only state that tracks illegal immigrants by the specific crime committed. homicide data are regarded as more accurate than data on other crimes because "a much higher proportion of murders are solved." the texas data for 2016 showed that the rate of murder convictions in 2016 was 3.2 per 100,000 native-born americans, 0.9 for every 100,000 legal immigrants and 1.8 per 100,000 illegal immigrants.