I keep seeing a video being spread on social media of Trump's "20 promises," so I decided to fact-check it. 1. "Seal the border, and stop the migrant invasion" MAGA’s “migrant invasion” rhetoric is incredibly misleading. Here are the annual numbers for undocumented immigrants and how much of the U.S. population they’ve comprised over the years: 2006: 11.55M (3.9%) 2007: 11.78M (3.9%) 2008: 11.6M (3.8%) 2009: 10.75M (3.5%) 2010: 11.6M (3.8%) 2011: 11.5M (3.7%) 2012: 11.4M (3.6%) 2013: 11.3M (3.6%) 2014: 11.3M (3.5%) 2015: 11.0M (3.4%) 2016: 10.7M (3.3%) 2017: 11.4M (3.5%) 2018: 11.4M (3.5%) 2019: 11.48M (3.5%) 2020: ? (?) – due to COVID 2021: 10.22M (3.1%) 2022: 11.5M (3.5%) 2023: ? (?) – don’t have the numbers yet As can be seen, the numbers on the undocumented-immigration front have been incredibly steady over the past decade and a half, through 2 Republican and 2 Democratic Presidents. Also, immigration reform has been on the Congressional slate since George W...
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