“Biden is giving each illegal [immigrant] family $2,200 per month.”
What FactCheck.org found
Immigrants who come to the U.S. illegally have very limited access to government benefits. But an old falsehood conflates aid given to refugees with the limited assistance available to immigrants who entered illegally.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Lauren Boebert (U.S. Representative) made this claim around 8 September 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 October 2023, 26 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Lauren Boebert has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 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.
Related checks
- Washington Post: Four Pinocchios“Biden is giving each illegal family $2,200 per month plus a free plane ticket and free medical care.”