“Joe Biden “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.”
Donald Trump
former president and 2024 presidential candidate. Claim dated 29 May 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Are there some immigrants with criminal records who try getting into the U.S.? Yes. But Trump’s statement about "millions" is a gross exaggeration.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 presidential candidate) made this claim around 29 May 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 June 2024, 8 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 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.