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Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2023-02-21): SWANTON, Vt. (TND) — Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is blaming the Biden administration's failure to control immigration on the southern border for a major uptick in illegal border crossings along the U.S.-Canada border. Between October 1, 2022 and January 31, 2023, there has been a 846% increase in encounters and apprehensions along theSwanton Sector of the northern U.S. border compared to the same period a year ago. Total apprehensions and encounters in that region, which covers land in Vermont, New Hampshire and northeastern New York, during fiscal year 2023 have already surpassed the FY22 and FY21 totals combined, CBP added. [...] Stefanik said her office has been in contact with "numerous" families along the U.S.'s northern border who have recorded first-hand accounts of vast amounts of illegal crossings occurring on their own private property.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-07-03): This statement makes a ridiculous claim, and we rate it Pants on Fire! Facebook post, Rep. Claudia Tenney, July 3, 2024. [...] In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-05-30): Stand up for the facts! We need your help. [...] Email interview, Assemblymember Doug Smith, May 3, 2024.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-01-28): In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2023-08-27): We fact-checked four of these claims, and here’s what we found: [...] This is not accurate. [...] WBEN-AM, interview with state Sen. George Borrello, July 25, 2023.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-03-07): Fact check: Are illegal crossings up 800% along the northern U.S. border? [...] "We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings," Stefanik said Jan 28 on "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo." [...] Stefanik claimed that there has been at some point an 800% increase in illegal crossings in the Swanton sector of the U.S.-Canada border.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-02-24): "We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings," Stefanik said on "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo" on Jan. 28. [...] Stefanik claimed that there has been at some point an 800% increase in illegal crossings in the Swanton sector of the U.S.-Canada border. Stefanik did not say which time period she was talking about. The increases in unauthorized crossings vary depending on the period, but there have been increases exceeding 800% at the border. The actual numbers of encounters remain very low compared with crossings at the southern border.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-04-22): According to Gracia, the number of apprehensions made in the Swanton Sector have increased dramatically this year and last. [...] "We’ve seen an 800 per cent increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings," she told Fox News earlier this year. The crossing in Swanton is especially "perilous" around this time of year due to extended winters, freezing bodies of water and the difficult terrain, which includes lowland swamps, mountain ranges and rural and remote areas.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-02-24): "We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings," Stefanik said on "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo" on Jan. 28. [...] The Swanton sector includes an estimated 24,000 square miles and includes northeastern counties in New York, three counties in New Hampshire, and all of Vermont. [...] In November, Customs and Border Protection Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia of the Swanton sector posted on X – formerly Twitter – that there had been a 550% increase in apprehensions between fiscal year 2022 and 2023, and that the migrants came from 79 countries. Garcia posted in August that apprehensions in just over 10 months exceeded the previous nine years combined.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-08-30): "Our agents are very busy," said Josh Cozzens, special operations supervisor for the border patrol’s Swanton Sector, which is based in Vermont but also oversees New Hampshire and parts of northern New York. "We have seen a number of apprehensions that we’ve never seen in our recorded history in this area." [...] Cozzens declined to provide data showing what portion of that increase is in Vermont, specifically, because of "operational and security purposes." The data shows the Swanton Sector accounts for the vast majority — about 80% — of border patrol apprehensions along the entire northern border so far this federal fiscal year. [...] At the time, border patrol was pointing to a tenfold increase year-over-year in migrant apprehensions in the Swanton Sector — and that figure has continued to increase.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-08-15): Northern border communities see a dramatic increase in unauthorized migrant crossings Northern border communities face a dramatic increase in illegal crossings [...] Agents in the Swanton Sector, which covers almost 300 miles of rural eastern New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, are busy with the influx of migrants.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview "We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings." X posts stated on February 8, 2024 in una publicación en X En una entrevista con Tucker Carlson, el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin dijo que el tema de la frontera sur de Estados Unidos le parece "irónicamente divertido". TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok "El Senado de EE. UU. ha dado luz verde a un acuerdo que cierra inmediatamente las fronteras del país y limitará todas las peticiones de asilo y apelaciones". Steve Scalise stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X The Senate’s border bill "accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day." TikTok posts stated on January 31, 2024 in a TikTok video Russian United Nations representative Vasily Nebenzya spoke about Russia supplying weapons to Texas to use in its border dispute with the Biden administration. [...] Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview "Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015." Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview "We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings."
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-02-12): While illegal migration at the U.S.-Mexico border continues to dominate election year politics, the country's northern border with Canada is also confronting a record-breaking surge in unlawful crossings. More than 12,200 people were apprehended crossing illegally into the U.S. from Canada in 2023—a 241 percent jump from the 3,578 arrested the previous year, The New York Times reported. Some 70 percent of those crossings occurred along a 295-mile stretch of the border along northern New York, Vermont and New Hampshire known as the Swanton Sector. [...] In a statement to the newspaper, a CBP spokeswoman said the U.S. has established a close working relationship with Canada "to facilitate lawful crossings through ports of entry and to counter irregular migration, including in the Swanton Sector."
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2024-01-28): The northern border has seen increases in illegal crossings of varying amounts, depending upon the time periods that are compared. [...] "We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings," Stefanik said Jan 28 on "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo." [...] Stefanik claimed that there has been at some point an 800% increase in illegal crossings in the Swanton sector of the U.S.-Canada border.
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2023-05-11): House Republican News Conference on Border Security [...] Rep. Tom McClintock on Border Security and Debt Ceiling [...] House Republican Leadership News Conference
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2016-10-23): Department of Indian Affairs & Northern [...] Kevin Box. Arts'68, Renfrew [...] Toronto), and Gregory Swanton (BSc
Claim: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” (Rep. Elise Stefanik, 2024-01-28)
Evidence (2016-10-23): 11.05 FUnc The Swann [...] MM DBT64T Centra. SwUKton SJW 1EL [...] Prolific unit trust (Sector)
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2024-01-08): President Joe Biden referred to 2022 Federal Reserve data that showed a modest decrease in the wealth ratio between white and Black Americans. For every $100 the average white family had in wealth, the average Black family had $15.75, the smallest gap in 20 years. By a different measure — the dollar amount difference in wealth — the gap widened between white and Black Americans to its largest disparity since 1989. Economists use both measures to assess the racial wealth gap. Learn more about PolitiFact’s fact-checking process and rating system.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2024-01-08): President Joe Biden referred to 2022 Federal Reserve data that showed a modest decrease in the wealth ratio between white and Black Americans. For every $100 the average white family had in wealth, the average Black family had $15.75, the smallest gap in 20 years. [...] "We’re growing back Black wealth, but we have a lot more to do," he said Jan. 8 in Charleston at Mother Emanuel AME Church, the South’s oldest Black church. "The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years, under my watch. More Black small businesses are starting up than in decades. Opening a new business (is) the ultimate act of hope." [...] By one measure, the white-Black wealth ratio, that’s true. In 2022, that ratio modestly reduced to the smallest it’s been in 20 years.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2024-01-31): "We’re growing back Black wealth, but we have a lot more to do," he said in Charleston, SC at Mother Emanuel AME Church, the South’s oldest Black church. "The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years, under my watch." [...] The ratio of white wealth to Black wealth has indeed narrowed in recent years, largely thanks to rising home values. Black families tend to borrow a larger percentage of their home price than white families, so increasing home prices benefit their total net worth, as the value of the house exceeds the amount of their mortgage. Increasing numbers of Black people are also becoming homeowners, although the rate is still only 44 percent compared to nearly 73 percent for white people. Even more notable is the sharp rise in Black business ownership in the past 15 years, while the percentage of white people who own businesses has remained relatively flat. "More Black small businesses are starting up than in decades. Opening a new business (is) the ultimate act of hope," Biden said in SC.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2024-01-12): The wealth gap between Black and white Americans has been persistent and extreme. It represents, scholars say, the accumulated effects of four centuries of institutional and systemic racism and bears major responsibility for disparities in income, health, education, and opportunity that continue to this day. [...] Over the past decades, many scholars have examined the Black-white gap in household wealth. But it was in 1995 that sociologists Thomas Shapiro and Melvin Oliver put wealth inequality on the map with their groundbreaking book, "Black Wealth, White Wealth." Their research analyzed the role of wealth, or accumulated assets, rather than that of income in the persistent racial divide. [...] The typical white American family has roughly 10 times as much wealth as the typical African American family and the typical Latino family. In other words, while the median white household has about $100,000-$200,000 net worth, Blacks and Latinos have $10,000-$20,000 net worth. Depending on the year or how it’s measured, those numbers may change, as shown by a report by the Pew Research Center, but the wealth racial gap has continued for decades. "It’s a staggeringly large number," said Killewald.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2021-10-22): Wealth Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap [...] Our results quantifying racial wealth gaps through the lens of a Lorenz curve decomposition and a racial equality counterfactual, complementing existing studies that document pre-existing wealth gaps across racial lines. In particular, our decomposition allows us to compare our world with a counterfactual where overall wealth inequality is the same as reality, but there are no differences in the distribution of wealth holdings across race. By doing so, we can isolate the impact of racial disparities relative to changes in overall inequality, which may impact other features of the economy in general equilibrium. [...] Aladangady, Aditya, and Akila Forde (2021). "Wealth Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap," FEDS Notes. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 22, 2021, https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2861.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2022-08-13): Here's one reason why America's racial wealth gap persists across generations [...] The family's financial fortunes show one way that America's stark racial wealth gap has persisted — and even widened — over generations. White adults are more than twice as likely as Black and Latino households to get sizable financial help from parents or other elders. That's according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. [...] The racial wealth gap is also evident in lots of other questions in the poll.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2023-12-04): In dollar amounts, the wealth gap between White households and Black and Hispanic households increased from 2019 to 2021. For example, in 2019, the typical White household had $168,800 more in wealth than the typical Hispanic household. This gap increased to $201,700 in 2021. [...] In 2021, the typical White household had 9.2 times as much wealth as the typical Black household – $250,400 vs. $27,100. This ratio stood at 13.3 in 2019, prior to the onset of the pandemic. [...] The wealth gaps between White households and Black and Hispanic households in 2019 and 2021 are in line with recent history. But the apparent shrinking of racial and ethnic wealth gaps during the pandemic stands in contrast with what happened during the Great Recession of 2007-09.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2019-08-13): The widening racial wealth gap disadvantages black families, individuals, and communities and limits black citizens’ economic power and prospects, and the effects are cyclical. Such a gap contributes to intergenerational economic precariousness: almost 70 percent of middle-class black children are likely to fall out of the middle class as adults.2 Other than its obvious negative impact on human development for black individuals and communities, the racial wealth gap also constrains the US economy as a whole. It is estimated that its dampening effect on consumption and investment will cost the US economy between $1 trillion and $1.5 trillion between 2019 and 2028—4 to 6 percent of the projected GDP in 2028 (Exhibit 2; see also sidebar "Quantifying the economic impact of closing the racial wealth gap"). [...] Black families face systemic, intersecting barriers that limit their wealth building. Left unchecked, these gaps could continue to grow and constrain the US economy, not just black families. The first step toward a cure is an accurate diagnosis, and the culprits behind the racial wealth gap are numerous. With the right targets in sight and a framework from which to address the challenge comprehensively, we can begin to identify the initiatives and policies that are most likely to give black families a boost. The country has over a trillion dollars to gain from the effort.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2022-06-14): Why did the racial wealth gap fall so quickly? One reason is the effect the Civil War and abolition had on white slaveowners. Enslaved people had been a huge form of wealth — about 15% of the total wealth of white America in 1860. Hence, their liberation reduced the average wealth of white America, thereby shrinking the racial wealth gap. [...] As inspiring as the story is of an oppressed people embracing freedom and working hard to build a better life for themselves against all odds, it's also important to note that a large part of the reason for the steep decline in the racial wealth gap in these early years reflects some simple math. When one group starts off with basically zero wealth, even tiny gains in wealth look huge. When the denominator (the bottom part of the fraction) of the white-to-Black ratio goes from nothing to something, wealth inequality falls sharply. [...] Despite all the ostensible progress Black Americans made in politics, business, and culture in the mid-to-late 20th and early 21st centuries, the economists find there's been very little progress in closing the average racial wealth gap since 1950. By 1950, the ratio of white-to-Black wealth fell to 7 to 1. Today, it's 6 to 1. For every dollar the average white American has, the average Black American has only about 17 cents. (For those wondering about the median, it's even worse: for every dollar the median white household has, the median Black household has just 10 cents).
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2024-01-31): Although the term "racial wealth gap" technically refers to the difference in assets owned by different racial or ethnic groups, this gap results from a range of economic factors that affect the overall economic well-being of these different groups. The term reflects disparities in access to opportunities, means of support, and resources. [...] Key Takeaways - The racial wealth gap refers to the disparity in assets of typical households across race and ethnicity. [...] Studies of the racial wealth gap vary somewhat in their relative measures of the different groups’ wealth. However, all confirm a gap of many multiples between the wealth of White families and people of color. Observers have described the situation as being "as bad or worse than it was before Civil Rights [1968]."
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2024-01-21): "We’re growing back Black wealth, but we have a lot more to do," he said Jan. 8 in Charleston at Mother Emanuel AME Church, the South’s oldest Black church. "The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years, under my watch. More Black small businesses are starting up than in decades. Opening a new business (is) the ultimate act of hope." [...] In South Carolina, Biden took credit for the narrowing racial wealth ratio, saying it happened "under my watch." [...] By one measure, the white-Black wealth ratio, that’s true. In 2022, that ratio modestly reduced to the smallest it’s been in 20 years.
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2024-07-30): FACT CHECK: Is The Racial Wealth Gap The Lowest It’s Been In 20 Years? In a July 24 address from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden claimed the racial wealth gap is "the lowest it’s been in 20 years." [...] During his July 24 address, Biden claimed the racial wealth gap is "the lowest it’s been in 20 years." Investopedia defines the racial wealth gap as "the difference in assets owned by different racial or ethnic groups, this gap results from a range of economic factors that affect the overall economic well-being of these different groups. The term reflects disparities in access to opportunities, means of support, and resources."
Claim: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.” (Joe Biden, 2024-01-08)
Evidence (2024-01-22): Fact check: Biden claims the racial wealth gap reached a 20-year low "We’re growing back Black wealth, but we have a lot more to do," he said Jan. 8 in Charleston at Mother Emanuel AME Church, the South’s oldest Black church. "The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years, under my watch. More Black small businesses are starting up than in decades. Opening a new business (is) the ultimate act of hope." [...] Another way the Federal Reserve measures the racial wealth gap is the absolute-dollar value difference in wealth between white and nonwhite families. By that measure, the racial wealth gap widened in 2022. [...] In South Carolina, Biden took credit for the narrowing racial wealth ratio, saying it happened "under my watch."