Immigration desk

Immigration

The official data and legal definitions behind claims about immigration, the border, visas, asylum, and citizenship.

Verdict mix: 1 Mostly True · 1 False

Open source desk

Start with the record.

This desk keeps enforcement statistics, legal categories, and policy claims distinct. Published checks appear below only after sources and terminology have been reviewed.

What this desk watches

Border encounters and enforcement definitions
Asylum, refugee, and visa processes
Naturalization and immigration-benefit data
Immigration-court and removal claims

U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionNationwide and border encounter statistics, definitions, and public data.Office of Homeland Security StatisticsFederal immigration tables and state-level statistical resources.U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesFederal immigration-benefit programs, forms, and policy guidance.Executive Office for Immigration ReviewImmigration-court information and adjudication resources.

Published record

2 reviewed checks

No automated verdicts.

Immigration

"Among Somalis in Minnesota, 92% of them don't work."

False

Census data show the opposite scale: about 72% of Minnesota Somalis are in the labor force, so roughly 28% are not working, a lower non-working rate than Minnesotans overall. The 92% figure appears to confuse receiving any public assistance with not working.PolitiFact, U.S. Census Bureau · Feb 2, 2026

Immigration

“Illegal border crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded.”

Mostly True

CBP’s own data backs the core: June 2026 nationwide encounters (25,243) were the lowest in the agency’s records, 89% below the 2021–24 monthly average. Two caveats keep it from a clean True: encounters count apprehensions, not total crossings, and the record only reaches back to the modern data series.CBP / DHS · Jul 2, 2026