As we told you earlier, just around the time we were learning that a man in the U.S. illegally (who reportedly entered the country in September of last year) had been arrested in the murder of University of Georgia student Laken Riley, Axios thought it would be a good time to put out this story:

"The southern border is more fortified than it's ever been"?

Did Karine Jean-Pierre write that?

In any case, Fox News' Bill Melugin knows better because he sees evidence to the contrary every day, and responded to the Axios story with a video:

Apparently that reality check wasn't a welcome one:

LOL. We're not too shocked by that.

Apparently.

For some "journalists," it's easier to just pass along talking points from the Democrats than to go see for yourself.

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