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“There have been more illegal encounters under Biden than the previous two administrations combined.”
Tim Scott U.S. Senator. a tweet. Claim dated 11 Jul 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

Available data shows that enforcement actions under President Joe Biden so far have not been higher than the combined figures for the Trump and Obama administrations.

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In short

Tim Scott (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 11 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 August 2023, 29 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Tim Scott has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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