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28 October
7:47 pm

Just three years ago, you had tens of thousands of people coming across every day illegally in deplorable conditions.

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John E. Sununu, at New Hampshire U.S. Senate General Election Debate (WMUR)

7:47 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific claim about the scale of illegal border crossings (tens of thousands per day) approximately three years prior — a concrete figure that can be checked against border encounter data.
What we foundThe southern border did experience a historic surge in illegal crossings in the 2021–2023 period with widely documented dangerous conditions, but daily encounter numbers peaked at roughly 10,000–12,600 at their highest, not 'tens of thousands,' which implies 20,000 or more per day.
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