Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
Peer-reviewed research using Texas’s linked arrest records by immigration status (2012–2018) found undocumented immigrants had substantially lower felony arrest rates than native-born U.S. citizens across violent, drug, and property offenses. A DOJ/NIJ summary of that research likewise reported undocumented immigrants were arrested at less than half the rate of U.S.-born citizens for violent and drug crimes and about a quarter the rate for property crimes. National-level evidence often relies o…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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