Sunshine (she/her) to Political [email protected]English • 10 days agoThe Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaignlemmy.caimagemessage-square686fedilinkarrow-up1991
arrow-up1991imageThe Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaignlemmy.caSunshine (she/her) to Political [email protected]English • 10 days agomessage-square686fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 days agoI’ve seen numbers reported between 8 million and 12 million, with variation leaning high or low by R or D bias, but even 8 million is not far from what I said. Here’s a government source, although this was written before the end of his term: https://homeland.house.gov/2024/05/22/startling-stats-factsheet-biden-administration-on-track-to-reach-10-million-encounters-nationwide-before-end-of-fiscal-year/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 days ago“Encountered.” A word that is nowhere in the article or any of those it links to defined.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 days agoThe lowest estimate I could find was 7.8 million. If you want to go with that, fine. Or show me I’m wrong. Do you really think it wasn’t happening?
I’ve seen numbers reported between 8 million and 12 million, with variation leaning high or low by R or D bias, but even 8 million is not far from what I said. Here’s a government source, although this was written before the end of his term:
https://homeland.house.gov/2024/05/22/startling-stats-factsheet-biden-administration-on-track-to-reach-10-million-encounters-nationwide-before-end-of-fiscal-year/
“Encountered.”
A word that is nowhere in the article or any of those it links to defined.
The lowest estimate I could find was 7.8 million. If you want to go with that, fine. Or show me I’m wrong. Do you really think it wasn’t happening?