TCT-IMM-020 · Immigration
No other country has asylum judges; the U.S. has “thousands” at the border
Statement and context
“We have thousands of judges at the border. No other country has judges at the border.”
2024-10-15, Fox News town hall with women voters, Cumming, Georgia.
What the evidence shows
The Executive Office for Immigration Review reported hundreds, not thousands, of immigration judges nationwide (FactCheck.org counted 725 at the time); they are not all stationed at the border. Other countries maintain asylum adjudication and appeal systems under domestic law and the Refugee Convention framework. Procedures differ, but the asserted U.S.-only system is wrong.
False
Sources and attribution
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