Title: | Misleading claims on US border guards deploying to Europe spread online |
URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324Q7VT |
Publisher: | AFP |
Date published: | March 10, 2022 |
Description: | Social media posts claim US President Joe Biden’s administration is leaving the country’s southern border exposed by asking guards protecting it to deploy to Europe to assist Americans fleeing Ukraine. But US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says the claim incorrectly conflates different branches of the agency, and that the personnel in question are not primarily tasked with guarding against illegal border crossings and smuggling. |
Misleading claims on US border guards deploying to Europe spread online
Social media posts claim US President Joe Biden's administration is leaving the country's southern border exposed by asking guards protecting it to deploy to Europe to assist Americans fleeing Ukraine. But US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says the claim incorrectly conflates different branches of the agency, and that the personnel in question are not primarily tasked with guarding against illegal border crossings and smuggling.