Biden Claims Border Encounters Lower Than When Trump Left Office
Claim: President Joe Biden, in a crucial press conference that could determine the success or failure of NATO, claimed that the number of people crossing the border is lower than when former President Donald Trump left office. Verdict: False. NBC News report In June 2024, 84,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended at the border. In January […]
August Border Encounters Of More Than 322,000 Highest Monthly Total In U.S. History
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Total encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest […]