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Checked by FactCheck.org27 Feb 2024United States Immigration

Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator

“President Joe Biden has "allowed an invasion to occur at our border, almost 10 million migrants have crossed into our country.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: Government statistics show that in the initial processing of millions of encounters on the southwest border, 2.5 million people have been released into the U.S. and 2.8 million have been removed or expelled under Biden.

Checked by FactCheck.org3 Feb 2022United States Immigration

Tom Cotton, U.S. senator

“[A]t a time when we had 2 million illegal immigrants cross our border under Joe Biden’s tenure in office. That’s like adding the entire population of Nebraska to this country.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The number of apprehensions at the southern border does not add to the U.S. population on a one-to-one basis. There are several reasons, including that most of those apprehended were immediately turned around.