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“The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”
Donald Trump Republican presidential front-runner. in a rally in Waterford Township, Michigan. Claim dated 23 Feb 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

What PolitiFact found

Economy and labor experts told PolitiFact immigrants who recently crossed the U.S. border likely aren’t taking Michigan’s union jobs.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Donald Trump (Republican presidential front-runner) made this claim around 23 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 February 2024. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

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.

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