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What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime in the US?

Claims of immigrants hijacking buses or taking over buildings in the US are frequently proven baseless by local authorities [Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

Sign on to social media these days and you’ll soon find posts warning about the threat of immigrants to your family’s – and your pets’ – safety.

Immigrants are eating the dogs, cats and geese in Springfield, Ohio, some posts have claimed. (They’re wrong.) They’re also taking over apartment complexes in Colorado and Chicago, or hijacking school buses in California, others have said. (No, they’re not. That’s false.)

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