Joe Rogan Experience #2574 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin · Aired Oct 31, 2026
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At least ten million people came into the United States illegally over four years.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Joe calls ten million a low-end estimate, then describes larger Republican numbers as speculation. Encounters, unique people entering, releases, removals and the resident unauthorized population are different quantities. Pew's population estimates do not verify this four-year minimum of unique entrants. No compatible denominator and primary four-year count were established here.
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Quick answer
Is it true that at least ten million people came into the United States illegally over four years?
We can't say yet. Joe calls ten million a low-end estimate, then describes larger Republican numbers as speculation. Encounters, unique people entering, releases, removals and the resident unauthorized population are different quantities. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2574 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin, aired Oct 31, 2026, at 1:50:27. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is pewresearch.org, linked below.
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