Fact-check · Sep 2, 2026 · Donald Trump
“There's never been a border that allowed 25,000,000,000.”
FALSE
What the record shows
CBP's highest annual southwest border encounters on record: 2.76M (FY2023). Cumulative encounters over Biden's 4 years: ~11M. No metric tracked by CBP reaches billions.
Sources
From: President Trump Participates in a Rose Garden Dinner
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