Immigration · 2024-09-10
Foreign countries emptied prisons and mental institutions into the United States
Unsupported
Foreign countries emptied prisons and mental institutions into the United States.
What the evidence shows
Migration and crime experts reported no credible evidence that governments were systematically exporting institutionalized people to the U.S.
What happened next
Assessment describes the statement in its original dated context; later developments are not automatically incorporated.
Assessment notes
Claim wording is an editorial paraphrase, NOT a verbatim quotation. The linked contemporaneous fact-check documents the original statement and evaluates the evidence available at that time.