Claim: "During the first 3 months of FY2022 Customs& Border Protection recorded 518k encounters w illegal immigrants at S border That's up 137% from same point in FY2021."
Fact-check: Border encounters up partially because of COVID-19 expulsions
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Lauren White
Date published: 2022-03-03T00:00:00