The State Department runs a program that places 32,000 camp counselors and 10,000 au pairs in the United States.
Posted by Bannon`s War Room, Checked
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Bannon`s War RoomAug 17, 2026
The sources confirm the State Department administers the J-1 exchange programs that include camp counselors and au pairs, so the program claim holds.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… If these staffing companies want to recruit people, they should be casting down their bucket where they are and working hard to find American teenagers to take these jobs, not people coming from China, Mexico, and Jamaica. No, 32,000 camps counselors, 10,000 babysitters, or au pairs, whatever you want to call them, nannies. 100,000 others uhm, Jessica, where do people go to get your content over at CIS, and what's your social media, ma'am? Everything we do is at CIS.org, and we're active on Twitter. I'm at at jessica v underlined CIS. Jessica, amazing piece. Thank you. …
Bannon`s War Room · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. A 2017 Politico report says roughly 17,500 au pairs live and work in the U.S. each year, and a 2013 PolitiFact item cites about 20,000 au pairs, both above the claimed 10,000.[1][6]
Supports. The State Department administers the Exchange Visitor (J-1) program, which includes the Au Pair and Camp Counselor categories.[3][4][5]
Context. No source gives a 32,000 camp counselor figure or any 2026 au pair count, so the claimed numbers are not confirmed for the claim date of 2026-08-17.[2][3][4]
Context. Reuters reports 353,279 J-1 visas issued in fiscal year 2019 across all categories, which does not isolate camp counselors or au pairs.[2]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 primary, 1 tier 2
- 1Immigration bill includes several nods to industriespolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Factbox: Who is affected by Trump's new rules on work visas?reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Camp Counselor Programj1visa.state.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 4Exchange Visitor Visatravel.state.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 522 CFR Part 62 -- Exchange Visitor Programecfr.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6‘They Think We Are Slaves’politico.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
Where this claim was made
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