“A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families.”
Ken Cuccinelli
Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. in a panel discussion. Claim dated 22 Aug 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
In short
Ken Cuccinelli (Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) made this claim around 22 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 August 2019, 4 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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- texaspolicy.comhttps://www.texaspolicy.com/multimedia/article/ending-the-border-crisis-urgent-solutions-…
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