Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
Multiple independent studies using government crime data — including arrest records from Texas, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data, and peer-reviewed academic research — consistently find that undocumented immigrants are arrested and incarcerated at lower rates than native-born U.S. citizens. The Texas Department of Public Safety data, which verifies immigration status for all arrested individuals, showed undocumented immigrants were arrested at less than half the rate of native-born citizens for…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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