CNN's Jake Tapper fact-checked Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday regarding former President Donald Trump's claim about migrant criminals. The debate arose as illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border has surged, becoming a key issue for Republicans who blame the Biden administration. While illegal crossings have increased under President Biden, they also rose in Trump's final months in office after dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senator Lindsey Graham , a South Carolina Republican, was fact-checked by CNN 's Jake Tapper on Sunday about former President Donald Trump 's migrant criminals claim.As illegal migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have surged in recent years, immigration has become a top issue, especially among Republicans who blame the Biden-Harris administration for the situation.
'Graham then repeated Trump's claims that only Harris was to blame for migrant crime: 'Four hundred thousand people have been let loose in our country, 16,000 people convicted of being a rapist, 13,000 convicted murderers and 400,000 of people generally convicted of crimes were released on her watch.'Tapper then interjected saying that CNN's fact-checker looked into those statistics.'That statistic is actually over decades.
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