A May 16 Twitter video (direct link, archive link) shows people walking through a fence gate while being watched by a soldier dressed in camouflage.
"JUST IN: Uniformed US soldiers caught on video opening border gate and allowing ILLEGAL MIGRANTS to enter private property where they are swiftly picked up and bussed away," reads the video's caption.
The video was retweeted more than 3,000 times and shared on Facebook more than 50 times in two weeks.
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The video shows migrants being taken into custody after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. They were already on U.S. soil when they passed through the gate in the fence, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said. The soldier, a member of the Missouri National Guard, was assisting federal authorities.
The video was posted on Twitter days after the end of Title 42, a set of pandemic-era immigration rules that made it easier for the U.S. to expel migrants at the southern border.
But it doesn't show a member of the U.S. military allowing migrants to enter the country illegally, as the post claims. The people shown were in custody.
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