Zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States in the last 17 months.
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Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
FactCheck.org, a tier1 fact-checker, examined Trump's near-identical 'zero illegal aliens have entered' claim and rejected it as wrong, noting roughly 9,295 border apprehensions in July alone. The claim matches the post's wording, but the sources show zero releases and zero interior releases, not zero admissions, so the claim's core is contradicted.
What was said
… They emptied their prisons, mental institutions. 11,888 murderers they let them pour in. It's hard to believe when you hear this number, because in the last 17 months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States. Zero. In addition to massive crime, the Democrats' open border policy also caused skyrocketing prices, especially in Arizona. You people suffered more than anybody else with open borders. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. FactCheck.org states Trump 'wrongly claimed' that zero illegal aliens entered the country from the southern border, and it uses apprehension counts as a proxy for illegal crossings.[1]
Contradicts. FactCheck.org reports 9,295 people apprehended trying to cross the border illegally in July 2026, the third-highest monthly figure since Trump took office, which is incompatible with zero illegal entries.[1]
Context. The White House and CBP claim zero releases for 17 straight months, and CBP reports under 99,000 southwest border apprehensions in FY2026. These figures concern releases and apprehensions, not admissions, so they do not establish that zero entered.[2][3]
Context. Washington Examiner reports that none of the fiscal 2025 border arrivals were released into the interior, but that is a claim about releases, not zero entries.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1FactChecking Trump's Midterm Convention Speechfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2How President Trump Ended the Border Invasion and ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Trump Admin Reaches New Border Security Milestoneamac.us · not rated · cited for: context
- 4A midterm scorecard on the border and immigrationwashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: context
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