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> Something like 90+% of claimants disappear after their initial catch-and-release at US / That was just a lie Pence told. https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli

• mieseratte 7y ago
  No, Washington Post is referring to a different set of statistics to attempt to discredit Pence's more specific claims. The claim is regarding the current flow on the southern border, not historical trends across the nation as was cited. It's an apples-to-oranges comparison. This is like that old chestnut, "Bill Gates and I have a combined average net-worth of 40 billion dollars!" Well, I have none and he has 80 billion. You can't use broad statistics to disregard specific, regional trends.
  • rhcom2 7y ago
    I'd love a citation for your 90% number then because I couldn't find any information broken down by location of border crossing.
    • mcphage 7y ago
      It's been almost a week, and your parent poster still hasn't presented any citations... I'm beginning to suspect that there might not be any...