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Adam Smith
stated on January 29, 2019 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 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

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2019 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 2, 2019 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
stated on October 26, 2018 a rally in North Carolina:

"The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens into our country. And they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education, and for the right to vote."

By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2018 a campaign rally in Wisconsin:

"Democrats oppose any effort to secure our border."

By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2018

Bloggers
stated on October 22, 2018 a post on Facebook:

"'Caravan' Migrant Army Paint Swastika on American Flag, Burn It in the Street."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 25, 2018

Viral image
stated on October 22, 2018 a Facebook post:

Says images show migrants on trains and buses heading toward the United States, not walking.

By Miriam Valverde • October 24, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2018 a campaign rally:

"Every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate has signed up for the open borders, and it's a bill, it's called the ‘open borders bill.’"

By Miriam Valverde • October 8, 2018

Martha McSally
stated on September 16, 2018 a Fox News interview:

Says Rep. Kyrsten Sinema supported a bill that is "essentially encouraging child trafficking."

By Miriam Valverde • October 2, 2018

Texans Are
stated on September 12, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2018

Kirstjen Nielsen
stated on July 19, 2018 an interview:

"There are billboards in Central America in the Northern Triangle countries advertising how to grab a kid to get into the United States illegally."

By Miriam Valverde • July 23, 2018

Raul Labrador
stated on June 27, 2018 an opinion piece in the Idaho Statesman:

Immigrants "can show up at any embassy or consulate abroad" to make their asylum claims.

By Miriam Valverde • July 10, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2018 a tweet:

"I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13."

By Miriam Valverde • July 9, 2018

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