Republican Rep. Chip Roy claims most of the 4.6 million migrants caught crossing the...
Colombian immigrant Gisele, 18, bundles up against the cold after spending the night camped alongside the U.S.-Mexico border fence on December 22, 2022 in El Paso, Texas. A spike in the number of migrants seeking asylum in the United States has challenged local, state and federal authorities."Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely." — Texas Rep. Chip RoyHalf True.
."This is no accident. Biden has shown the world that our borders are open and vulnerable to exploitation."PolitiFact is a fact-checking project to help you sort out fact from fiction in politics. Truth-O-Meter ratings are determined by a panel of three editors. The burden of proof is on the speaker, and PolitiFact rates statements based on the information known at the time the statement is made.U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows Roy is close on the encounters figure.
Roy's count includes encounters in January 2021, even though Biden was not president for most of that month.
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