Rep. Jasmine Crockett questions the accuracy of the Trump administration’s border data

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who is running for the Senate, said she doubts that the border data from the administration of President Donald Trump is accurate and accused it of being “too reliable” in the reporting numbers.

In an interview on Tuesday with “Meet Newspapers NOW,” NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez asked Crockett about immigration.

“One of the key issues in Texas, of course, is immigration,” he said. “You, of course, have been very critical of the president’s deportation policies and ICE”

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“But the majority of voters – the majority of Americans who voted for President Trump – think he’s done a strong job at the border. In fact, the numbers of border encounters are down, and the president is hailing that as a success. Obviously he has problems with the way he’s doing it, but has the president been successful – would you admit that – in bringing border encounters down?” Gutierrez asked.

Crockett responded that he wasn’t sure the border numbers were accurate.

“I’ll admit that which is reported that cross-border convergence is low,” Crockett said. “I will also say that we know that the administration has been very unreliable when it comes to reporting numbers, as we know now that there are reports that they have been unreliable about job numbers.”

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, recently announced she is running for the Senate. (Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty)

Crockett described Trump’s immigration policy as “inhumane.”

“What I can tell you is that he used a brutal approach to immigration,” Crockett said. “What I can also tell you is that he hasn’t worked in Congress, and that’s what we need, complete immigration reform. What I can also tell you is that we have a historic number of people who have died in ICE custody since he was detained. What I can also tell you is that we have a historic number of American citizens rounded up, and frankly, what I’m telling you is the Supreme Court. He gave him carte blanche to go after people because of their voice or because of their appearance, and that’s not right.”

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In October, the Trump administration announced it was closing fiscal year 2025 with the lowest number of US Border Patrol personnel since 1970.

In October, the Trump administration announced that they are closing fiscal year 2025 with the lowest arrests by the US Border Patrol since 1970, and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that there were 237,565 arrests at the southwest border in fiscal year 2025 compared to 201,780 in fiscal year 197.

In a statement to Fox News DigitalWhite House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said, “This is an outlandish conspiracy theory from a woman who couldn’t even properly read the FEC website before lying on the House floor. It is true that the border is more secure in history and dangerous illegal aliens are being deported because of President Trump’s policies.”