Fact Check Posts – Page 15

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2019 in State of the Union address:

"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime — one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. Now, immediately upon its building, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country."

By Miriam Valverde • February 8, 2019

Adam Smith
stated on January 29, 2019 in a committee hearing:

"Go back to 2005 until now, we have quadrupled the number of Border Patrol agents."

By Miriam Valverde • February 1, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet:

"We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country."

By Miriam Valverde • January 28, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 in a tweet:

"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2019 in tweets and Facebook posts:

Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006

By Amy Sherman • January 22, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on January 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump "said illegal immigration has been a problem in America for 'thousands of years.' "

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 18, 2019

Viral image
stated on January 10, 2019 in a meme:

"Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2019 in remarks in McAllen, Texas:

Says there’s "never (been) so many apprehensions ever in our history."

By Miriam Valverde • January 11, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border:

"When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion."

By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2019

Bloggers
stated on December 31, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"Since 2001, 63,000 of us were murdered by illegal aliens."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 9, 2019

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stated on December 31, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"2,000 illegal aliens were arrested by ICE in 2017 for murders committed here in the United States!"

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 9, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2019 in a televised speech:

"At the request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall."

By Manuela Tobias • January 9, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2019 in a tweet:

"Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal."

By Miriam Valverde • January 4, 2019

Bloggers
stated on December 17, 2018 in a blog post:

Says Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2014 "helped put together and signed a $25 billion deal to fund a border wall" and now opposes Trump's $5 billion request for a border wall "just because he's a Republican."

By John Kruzel • December 20, 2018

Bloggers
stated on December 2, 2018 in a blog post:

"Border agents discover body of 6-year-old girl: 'She was raped By 30 men'."

By Miriam Valverde • December 19, 2018

Bloggers
stated on November 22, 2018 in a blog post:

"United Nations caught helping and coaching caravan illegal aliens!"

By Miriam Valverde • December 13, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 4, 2018 in in a tweet:

Says the United States loses "250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including the terrible drug flow. Top Border Security, including a Wall, is $25 Billion. Pays for itself in two months."

By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2018

PuppetStringNews.com
stated on November 25, 2018 in a blog post:

"Evidence surfaces of Vatican funding caravans targeting America with cash."

By Miriam Valverde • November 30, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on November 25, 2018 in a tweet:

Says of immigrant family separations at the border, "we had the exact same policy as the Obama administration."

By Miriam Valverde • November 29, 2018

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 12, 2018 in in a tweet:

"Nearly 200,000 Florida voters may not be citizens."

By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias • November 13, 2018

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