Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
Multiple peer-reviewed studies and policy analyses consistently find the opposite: undocumented immigrants have lower arrest, conviction, and incarceration rates than native-born U.S. citizens across crime categories. The most direct evidence — a PNAS study using Texas records 2012–2018, a Cato Institute analysis of Texas data 2013–2022, and a 150-year Census-based incarceration study — all show native-born citizens offend at materially higher rates. The main dissent, from the Center for Immigr…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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