A photograph authentically showed a crowd of migrants “invading” the U.S. border in May 2023.
On May 7, 2023, Bernard Kerik, former police commissioner of the New York City Police Department, tweeted an image of migrants on a bridge and claimed that it was an invasion of the U.S. authorized by U.S. President Joe Biden and supported by Democratic Party leaders in Congress.
“This invasion of the US is authorized by @JoeBiden’s @WhiteHouse and being supported by @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi and the @TheDemocrats @HouseDemocrats @SenateDems,” Kerik tweeted. “Who is going to financially support these people? The American taxpayer! I don’t give a damn what party you are in, this is fucking wrong!”
(Image Via @BernardKerik/Twitter)
Kerik, a convicted felon pardoned by former U.S. President Donald Trump, didn’t mention the exact location where migrants supposedly were “invading,” but other tweeters said it was happening at “America’s Southern Border.”
Although the photograph is real, Kerik’s claim about the incident happening in May 2023 was false. The photograph is from 2018 and shows Honduran migrants.
BBC reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh called out the false claim. “This image is going viral today, shared by former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik and others,” Sardarizadeh tweeted. “The image isn’t current. It’s from 2018 and shows Honduran migrants in Arriaga, Mexico, heading to the US.”
He also shared a photograph from AFP news agency via Getty Images that showed the exact photograph. Part of the caption read: “Aerial view of Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the US, as they leave Arriaga on their way to San Pedro Tapanatepec, in southern Mexico on October 27, 2018.”
This image is going viral today, shared by former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik and others.
The image isn’t current. It’s from 2018 and shows Honduran migrants in Arriaga, Mexico, heading to the US. pic.twitter.com/8lO8UX7FUd
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) May 8, 2023
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