The number of illegal aliens entering the United States for the full fiscal year is zero under the Republican administration.
Posted by Speaker Mike Johnson, Checked
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonOct 30, 2026… This is the real record from just two short years ago: ❌ Inflation record high — hit 9.1% under Democrats. ✅ Today it’s 3.4% under Republicans. ❌ About 20 MILLION illegal aliens entered our country under Democrats. ✅ For a full fiscal year, the number is zero, and the border is secure thanks to Republicans. ❌ Democrats’ defund the police rhetoric and soft on crime policies let criminals off the hook and caused MASSIVE crime spikes in American communities. ✅ Today, the murder rate is at a 120-year low thanks to Republicans. …
The claim as extracted says the number of illegal aliens entering the US for a full fiscal year is zero, but the passage's narrower claim was zero releases/admissions. Sources support zero Border Patrol releases in FY2026, but they report about 98,708 southwest border apprehensions and 379,243 nationwide encounters, which contradicts a literal zero entries reading.
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What we found
Contradicts. DHS and CBP reported 98,708 southwest border apprehensions and 379,243 nationwide encounters in FY2026, so the literal claim that zero illegal aliens entered during the fiscal year is contradicted.[2][5]
Contradicts. A Reuters analysis of Border Patrol figures reports about 86,000 migrants caught crossing illegally in the year beginning February 2025, which further contradicts a zero-entry reading.[1]
Supports. DHS and CBP reported that Border Patrol completed its first-ever fiscal year with no releases in FY2026, which supports the narrower 'zero releases' reading of the claimant's statement.[2]
Context. The White House and CBP El Paso materials describe zero releases into the interior and 'lowest in history' border crossings, which are framed as releases and encounters rather than zero entries.[3][4]
Context. Extraction fidelity: the passage says 'the number is zero' without specifying entries; the extracted claim widened this to 'entering the United States,' while the record supports zero releases and admissions but not zero entries.[2]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 1 not rated
- 1What do the numbers show about Trump's immigration ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, DHS Announces ...dhs.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 3How President Trump Ended the Border Invasion and Restored ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4CBP highlights end-of-year border security successes in El Pasocbp.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5CBP records lowest migrant border crossings in US historykvia.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
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