“A major factor in driving up housing costs was the colossal border invasion.”
What FactCheck.org found
Immigration does affect housing prices by increasing demand, but economists told us the main causes of higher prices in recent years were low mortgage interest rates that fueled demand, a subsequent rise in interest rates, and a low housing supply dating to the Great Recession in 2007 to 2009. Immigrants in the country illegally are more likely to rent than buy, experts also said.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 17 December 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 December 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.