Austin American-Statesman
The Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. The newspaper places focus on issues affecting Austin and the Central Texas region. The Austin American-Statesman competes with the Austin Chronicle, an alternative weekly. The paper tends to print Associated Press, New York Times, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times international and national news, but has strong Central Texas coverage, especially in political reporting. The Statesman benefits from the culture and writing heritage of Austin. It extensively covers the music scene, especially the annual South by Southwest Music Festival. The newspaper co-sponsors various events around Austin such as the Capital 10K foot race and the Season for Caring charity campaign.
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich: Increased encounters at the southwest border in April 2022 compared to April 2020 are attributable to changes in border policy.
PolitiFact's ruling: Mostly False
Here's why: A group of state attorneys general sued the Biden administration over its plans to rescind a public health policy intended to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by expelling immigrants arriving illegally at the southwest border.
A federal judge on May 20 blocked the Biden administration from ending the policy, known as Title 42.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who is running for U.S. Senate and was among those who sued the administration, tweeted a comparison of the number of adult immigrants traveling alone and encountered by border authorities in April 2020 and April 2022.
In April 2020, it was 15,609. In April 2022, it grew to 166,814.
"Border policies matter," wrote Brnovich, who is seeking to win Arizona’s Republican primary Aug. 2.