“You know what happens to these individuals? They are either expelled under the Title 42 of the CDC, or they are placed into immigration enforcement proceedings. They make their claims under the law. If those claims don’t prevail, they are promptly removed from the United States.”
Alejandro Mayorkas
Homeland Secretary Secretary. in an interview on Fox News Sunday. Claim dated 1 May 2022.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios
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Alejandro Mayorkas (Homeland Secretary Secretary) made this claim around 1 May 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 May 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
Alejandro Mayorkas has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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