‘Fox & Friends’ Parrots Ridiculously Inaccurate Trump Stat on Asylum Seekers

‘It’s just two percent’

Fox & Friends Parrots Ridiculously Inaccurate Trump Stat on Asylum Seekers (Mediaite

In a White House speech on immigration Thursday, President Donald Trump made the claim that only three percent of migrants show up for their court date after been apprehended and then admitted into the U.S. — pending the court hearing. The claim turned out false. Dramatically so, in fact. But that didn’t stop Fox & Friends from repeating it.

During the Friday broadcast of the Fox News morning show, guest co-host Pete Hegseth alluded to the erroneous stat.

 

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