Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (87% confidence)
Multiple peer-reviewed studies, state-level arrest and conviction data, and analyses of federal incarceration records consistently showed that undocumented immigrants have substantially lower crime rates than native-born U.S. citizens across violent, property, drug, and other felony offenses. No primary-source government data, peer-reviewed studies, or official reports were identified that documented higher crime rates for undocumented immigrants relative to native-born citizens. The evidence r…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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