A video from 2018 featuring two prominent conservative activists making claims about immigrants coming into the U.S. has resurfaced and is circulating widely on social media.
In the clip, Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative group Turning Point USA, and Candace Owens, a conservative commentator, are speaking to a live audience about immigration and calling for a border wall. But experts say many of the claims they make to support their argument are false or misleading.
The video, shared on Facebook on Sunday, has since been viewed over 2 million times. It was originally recorded at an event at Stanford University in 2018 where both Kirk and Owens spoke.
Here’s a closer look at claims made in the video.
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CLAIM: 50% of the immigrants America “takes in” are from Mexico.
THE FACTS: False. The percentage of Mexican nationals who are granted permanent legal authorization to live in the U.S. is significantly lower than 50%. Mexican nationals also do not make up 50% of the immigrants who attempt to enter the U.S. illegally, experts say.
Of the roughly 1 million immigrants who were granted permanent legal residency status in 2019, only 153,502 were from Mexico, according to recent data published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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