“Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”
What PolitiFact found
President Joe Biden said southwest border crossings are down because of US-Mexico cooperation. Border Patrol data shows encounters at the border dropped, but experts said it’s hard to pinpoint a single reason.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 5 June 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 June 2024, 1 day 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.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.