Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
The documented research record — including peer-reviewed studies, incarceration data, and arrest rate analyses — consistently shows undocumented immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born U.S. citizens, not higher. One study using Texas data found undocumented immigrants are about 44% less likely to be incarcerated than native-born Americans controlling for age and state, and U.S.-born citizens were arrested at roughly twice the rate for violent crimes and more than four times the…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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