“Says Joe Biden is “now saying he inherited ‘a mess’ at the border. Fact: 9,000 illegals all of 2020. So far in 2021 108,000 entered U.S.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Mar 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
During the 2020 fiscal year, there were 400,651 encounters along the southwest border — more than 200,000 of which were apprehensions.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 March 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 March 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=328109258739925&set=a.105547507662769&type=3&thea…
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