The Immigrant-Crime Number Has a Tell. Watch Which Dataset They Reach For.

The immigrant-crime stat amplified across right-wing media leans on federal sentencing data, a narrow caseload padded with immigration offenses. The comprehensive evidence - an NBER study across 150 years and a PNAS analysis of Texas records - shows immigrants are incarcerated and arrested at lower rates than the US-born. Theo's Spin Watch shows how the number is built.