The data consistently disproves the myth that undocumented immigrants are more dangerous than those born in the United States. 

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that between 2012 and 2018, US-born citizens were twice as likely to be arrested for violent crimes as undocumented immigrants in Texas.    

Research from the Marshall Project in 2019 found that increases in the number of undocumented immigrants did not lead to more violent crime. 

A report from the Cato Institute found that undocumented people in Texas were 50% less likely to be convicted of any crimes than U.S.-born citizens in 2015.  

A study in the American Journal of Public Health using data from 1990 to 2014 found that increases in the number of undocumented people correlated with a reduction in drug and DUI arrests.