Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
Multiple independent peer-reviewed studies, institutional analyses, and government-funded research consistently found that undocumented immigrants have substantially lower arrest and incarceration rates than native-born U.S. citizens across violent, drug, property, and other felony categories. The most rigorous state-level data (Texas, 2012–2018) documented that undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half the rate of native-born citizens for violent and drug crimes and one-quarter th…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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