“Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”
Joe Biden
Democratic presidential candidate. in an interview. Claim dated 6 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
Under the "Remain in Mexico" policy, Central Americans who request asylum in the United States are sent to Mexico to wait for a resolution of their U.S. case.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 6 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 August 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
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