Statement·other·said 2021-02-01
“A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security.”
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Verdict
Falseby PolitiFact
2021-02-03Reasoning
CBP runs international background-check databases and conducts health screenings at the border. Whether screening is sufficient is debatable, but "no way" to screen is demonstrably false.
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