Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
Multiple peer-reviewed studies, government agency data, and institutional research consistently found that undocumented immigrants have substantially lower crime rates than native-born U.S. citizens across categories including violent, drug, and property offenses. A 2020 PNAS study using Texas Department of Public Safety arrest data (2012–2018) found native-born citizens were arrested at more than twice the rate of undocumented immigrants for violent crimes and more than four times the rate for…
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