“Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
A January 2018 Harvard-Harris poll found that 63% of respondents wanted legal immigration of no more than 499,999 a year. They were not asked whether they favored a reduction or increase.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 September 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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