02/23/2024
This from Snopes. If he can't control the border, how can we trust him to run the country? Mostly military aged men coming across the border. And he wants to enforce gun control and stop the manufacture of everything from handguns to rifles. Disarm civilians and bring in an army 7 million strong. What could go wrong?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-claimed-7-2m-234700783.html
Fact Check: It's Claimed that 7.2M Migrants Have Illegally Crossed the US Border Under Biden, Exceeding the Populations of 36 States. Here Are the Facts
Jordan Liles
Thu, February 22, 2024 at 4:47 PM MST·9 min read
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Claim:
As of January 2024, more than 7.2 million migrants had illegally crossed into the U.S. over the Southwest border during U.S. President Joe Biden's administration — a number higher than the individual populations of 36 states.
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Rating: True
Rating: True
Context:
The number specifically reflected border encounters with U.S. officials, not an increase of that magnitude in the immigrant population.
On Feb. 20, 2024, a user on X posted (archived) and many others shared the claim, "7.2 million illegals entered the U.S. under Biden administration, an amount greater than population of 36 states." An image displaying a map of U.S. states accompanied the post, which contained attribution in its lower-right corner to Fox News.
The immigration statistics were shared on X and originated in an article that was published by Fox News.
