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I mean, we shouldn't have to fact check this, just naturally assume he's lying, but I AM curious how badly he's lying:
“You got millions of people pouring in,”
https://usafacts.org/articles/what-can-the-data-tell-us-about-unauthorized-immigration/
Total border encounters by individual citizenship, FY 2021–FYTD 2024
Mexico 2.8M
Guatemala 923.9K
Honduras 874.9K
Venezuela 837.7K
Other 711.3K
Cuba 645.1K
Haiti 457.3K
Nicaragua 436.4K
Colombia 424.8K
Ecuador 352.3K
El Salvador 308.1K
Ukraine 263.4K
India 258.9K
Philippines 190.7K
Brazil 174.8K
Peru 173.3K
China 166K
Canada 146.5K
Russia 124.9K
Turkey 54.2K
Romania 18.4K
Myanmar (Burma) 16.4K
So, yeah, I guess that is "millions", but this is just border encounters, not necessarily illegal crossings.
So when my daughter in laws family flew in from Burma for the wedding... That would be 3 border emcounters. 6 if it counts both ways!