09-07-2021, 09:43 PM
South Americans are going through Mexico.
Very few. And of the few who illegally enter from our border with Mexico a tiny percentage are from South America because it's a long and perilous journey. Which would most likely kill anyone with COVID on the way, or prevent them from undertaking the trip in the first place. I would wager a bet that more cases of COVID enter Hawaii from local residents returning from a vacation in Vegas, than COVID cases from all of South America into the US.
In March, we rated False a claim that the border "is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country." And in April, we rated False a claim that the U.S. is locked down and there’s "a wide open border."
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/20...e-trying-/
Very few. And of the few who illegally enter from our border with Mexico a tiny percentage are from South America because it's a long and perilous journey. Which would most likely kill anyone with COVID on the way, or prevent them from undertaking the trip in the first place. I would wager a bet that more cases of COVID enter Hawaii from local residents returning from a vacation in Vegas, than COVID cases from all of South America into the US.
In March, we rated False a claim that the border "is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country." And in April, we rated False a claim that the U.S. is locked down and there’s "a wide open border."
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/20...e-trying-/