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2023-05-09 14:45:20 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A12C1AE9E6522E208A56E4C9C821E8DD7B396CC70F930C34970A12B563B397C3
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Original Note:
The 6.3M number is "encounters" under Title 8 and 42 [1] not "people entered". It misleads by comparing "encounters" with population. "Encounters" include "inadmissibles and expulsions" who are expelled from the US immediately [2,3,4]. [1] https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters [2] https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/tweets-misrepresent-border-data/ [3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/200061/number-of-refugees-arriving-in-the-us/ [4] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-biden-us-mexico-border/ More: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/us/politics/asylum-biden-administration.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-biden-us-mexico-border/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/21/biden-administration-further-expands-temporary-protected-status-to-cover-afghanistan-cameroon-ukraine/
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