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2024 RNC Day 2 fact check of the Republican National Convention
CBS News is fact checking some of the statements made by speakers during the 2024 Republican National Convention, which is taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through Thursday, July 18. On Tuesday, the theme is security, and the evening’s speakers include Kari Lake, who’s running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, also running for Senate, and top members of congressional leadership, including Speaker Mike Johnson, former primary opponent Nikki Haley and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
Monday’s theme was the economy, so several of the statements checked relate to U.S. economic concerns. Former President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at the convention Monday night.
CBS News is covering the RNC live.
Fact check on Senate candidate Eric Hovde’s statement that Biden, Harris opened border, allowing criminals to enter U.S.: False
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde: “Biden, with his ‘Border Czar’ Vice President Harris, opened our southern border, allowing criminals and terrorists to enter our country.”“
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On immigration policies: President Biden has never endorsed or implemented an “open borders” policy. Mr. Biden has reversed a number of Trump-era immigration policies, including a program that required migrants to await their asylum hearings in Mexico, but the president has also embraced some restrictive border policies that mirror rules enacted by Trump. In June, Mr. Biden enacted a proclamation that has partially shut down asylum processing along the border. His administration also carried out over 4 million deportations, expulsions and returns of migrants since 2021, according to Department of Homeland Security data.
On immigration and crime: Some migrants who have entered the U.S. illegally through the southern border in recent years have been charged with serious crimes — this includes the suspect in the high-profile murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. But available studies show that undocumented migrants in the U.S. do not commit crimes at a higher rate than native-born Americans. Government statistics indicate that a small fraction of migrants processed by Border Patrol have criminal records in the U.S. or in other countries that share information with American officials.
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez
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Yellowstone hiker burned when she falls into scalding water near Old Faithful, park officials say
Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. — A New Hampshire woman suffered severe burns on her leg after hiking off-trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.
The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their leashed dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog weren’t injured.
The woman was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho for treatment.
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Park visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution. The ground in those areas is fragile and thin and there’s scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
Pets are allowed in limited, developed areas of Yellowstone park but are prohibited on boardwalks, hiking trails, in the backcountry and in thermal areas.
The incident is under investigation. The woman’s name wasn’t made public.
This is the first known thermal injury in Yellowstone in 2024, park officials said in a statement. The park had recorded 3.5 million visitors through August this year.
Hot springs have injured and killed more people in Yellowstone National Park than any other natural feature, the National Park Service said. At least 22 people have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile national park since 1890, park officials have said.