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> rate of illegal immigration, which is higher than it was under the Obama admin by some metrics.

What metrics? Illegal immigration has been in steady decline since the 2008 recession. Because you're not talking about the completely legal process of seeking asylum, right?

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr...

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That article is from early 2017, with the data right after the Trump inauguration, when immigrants and traffickers were unsure what (if any) changes there would be in enforcement. More recent apprehension data from this year shows a ten year high [1].

Also, only 12% of asylum claims in the US are approved and about half of the rest do not show up to court [2].

[1] https://www.newsweek.com/border-apprehensions-2019-have-alre... [2] https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1161001/download

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