Immigration · 2024-06-27
Eighteen to twenty million migrants entered the U.S. during Biden’s term
Exaggerated
Eighteen to twenty million migrants entered the U.S. during Biden’s term.
What the evidence shows
The claim conflated encounters with entries and far exceeded fact-checkers’ estimates of those who entered.
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.