Question

Every Democrat voted to fly 320,000 illegal migrants into US from Haiti, Cuba, Columbia on taxpayer funds.

Answer 1

The claim is not accurate. Democrats did not vote to use taxpayer money to fly migrants to the U.S. The program follows the law, and people in it pay for their own travel. Back in January 2023, the Department of Homeland Security expanded a humanitarian parole program to include nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. This allows up to 30,000 individuals per month from these countries to enter the U.S. legally for up to two years, but only if they have a U.S. based sponsor such as a family.

Answer 2

Every Democrat did not vote to fly immigrants in, according to the website of the Senator that proposed said bill, they voted to allow a policy that, according to the Associated Press, allows immigrants with American sponsors to pay for their own travel and living in the states. The bill proposed repealed this utilizing the claim you made above.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-immigrants-parole-biden-trump-musk-dbd634820b3f8d07b859b8a05b2b20a7

https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2024/03/23/senate-democrats-vote-against-hagertys-amendment-barring-federal-funds-from-being-used-to-secretly-fly-illegal-aliens-into-the-country/

Answer 3

The claim that every democrat voted to fly 320,000 illegal migrants into the US from Haiti, Cuba, Columbia on taxpayer funds, is un-true. As explained by the Washington Post article provided below, Senator Bill Hagerty made some misleading statements about a program done by the Biden Administration, saying that taxpayer dollars were paying for migrants to enter the US illegally. As mentioned by AP News, the program allows for up to 30,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the US as long as they have a financial sponsor, arrive at a specific airport, and pay for the venture themselves. The source attached to this claim seems to be a post on the social media app, BlueSky, recapping  Senator Hagerty’s statements. It is true that 320,000 migrants were authorized to come to the US last year, however, it was done legally, and not paid for with taxpayer money. 

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-immigrants-parole-biden-trump-musk-dbd634820b3f8d07b859b8a05b2b20a7

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/05/taxpayer-dollars-being-used-fly-illegal-aliens-nope/

Answer 4

This is a misleading claim. In 2024, Donald Trump stated the same thing and cited a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, an organization known for its stance against immigration. The claim is in reference to Joe Biden's policies specifically around entering the U.S. through sponsorship. AP News states that Biden's policy allows up to 30,000 immigrants each month to enter the country so long as they have applied with a financial sponsor. Customs and Border Protection also publicly releases how many immigrants have entered the U.S. each month, so this information is not secret or part of a political conspiracy.

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/politics/fact-check-trump-claims-325-000-migrants-were-flown-in-from-parts-unknown/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-immigrants-parole-biden-trump-musk-dbd634820b3f8d07b859b8a05b2b20a7

Answer 5

This claim is utterly false, with no solid factual validity. This post was made on the opinion forum Bluesky and when visiting the profile responsible for this post, you can see that all of the content and posts shared by this user have been limited and flagged for being "crude, disrespectful, and without constructive purpose". When searching deeper into the claim, I found an article by the Washington Post disputing the claim with a quote from the Department of Homeland Security stating that "more than 386,000 people from those countries had arrived lawfully in the United States and another 19,000 were vetted and authorized to travel. In other words, they are not in the country illegally, despite the rhetoric in the statements." It seems like these opinion forums such as Bluesky and X serve as echo chambers based on the confirmation bias of user's political standings, spreading misinformation and lies. Overall this claim that democrats voted for taxpayer dollars to be spent on 360,000 illegal immigrants to be placed into the inner states of the US is false and has no factual support.