“We've got over 600,000 illegal aliens with criminal records walking the streets of this nation.”
What FactCheck.org found
Border Czar Tom Homan has been repeating the misleading claim that there are "over 600,000 illegal aliens with criminal records walking the streets of this nation.” That number includes legal immigrants, not just those who entered the country illegally; about a third of them have only been charged, not convicted; and it's unclear how many of them have been, or currently are, incarcerated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tom Homan (Border Czar) made this claim around 7 July 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 July 2025, 10 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- foxnews.comhttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6375326126112
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