Fact-check: “Undocumented immigrants commit more crimes than native-born citizens”
Verdict: False (82% confidence)
The best available evidence — including peer-reviewed studies using Texas Department of Public Safety administrative data (one of the only jurisdictions that links immigration status to arrest records), National Institute of Justice summaries, and Cato Institute analyses — consistently shows that undocumented immigrants are arrested and convicted at lower rates than native-born citizens across most major crime categories, including violent, property, and drug offenses. A 2020 PNAS study found n…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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