Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (82% confidence)
Multiple peer-reviewed studies and criminological research consistently find that undocumented immigrants are incarcerated at lower rates and arrested less frequently than native-born U.S. citizens across violent, property, and drug crime categories. One major study found undocumented immigrants are incarcerated at a rate roughly 44% lower than native-born Americans (674 vs. ~1,210 per 100,000). There is a genuine methodological debate — one recent City Journal analysis argues that incarceratio…
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