“As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half.”
What PolitiFact found
The size of the drop varies based on what time frame is used, but over the past year, the number of encounters along the southwestern U.S. border — a common way to measure immigration — has declined by 57% to 78%.
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In short
Kamala Harris (Vice President) made this claim around 23 October 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 October 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “True”.
Kamala Harris has 63 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 40 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/se/date/2024-10-23/segment/01
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