“Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Sep 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Many Haitians displaced by the 2010 earthquake later migrated to Brazil or Chile to work. When those jobs dried up or conditions worsened, they left and began traveling north toward Mexico.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 September 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 September 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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