Releases ≠ Crossings: Border “Zero” via Definition Hopping
When the headline starts with “Not one illegal alien was able to get into our country,” it’s running a paperwork shell game: it treats “release” like “crossing,” so the conclusion looks spotless even though the process is doing separate, bureaucratic things. Definition hopping turns a messy border into a clean story—if you never change the form.
The “truth” version stamps the logic as “That is an exaggeration.” It points out that CBP says encountered migrants weren’t released into the country, then admits that some people still evaded arrest at the border—and, crucially, that a “zero-gotaway day” had not happened yet. Bottom line: NO RELEASES ≠ NO CROSSINGS.