If you just read the headline, you think "gee, immigrants sure are committing a lot of crimes here", when actually the increase is due to prosecuting the act of

If you just read the headline, you think "gee, immigrants sure are committing a lot of crimes here", when actually the increase is due to prosecuting the act of them coming here in the first place. That doesn't completely negate the point vis a vis use of law enforcement resources, but it's very different from "immigrants are stealing, raping, and murdering everyone."