Latest Fact-Checks In Border Security

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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2019 an interview on "Face the Nation"
President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2019
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 29, 2019 a tweet
Says Thom Tillis voted to support Trump’s emergency declaration to fund the border wall even though it would "raid $80 million from North Carolina."
Mostly True
By Julianna Rennie • November 6, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum
"We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II"
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • July 26, 2019
Steve McCraw
Steve McCraw
stated on July 12, 2019 a legislative hearing
Since 2014, there has been a 25% reduction in crime in communities at the Texas-Mexico border.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • July 25, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum
At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."  
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 19, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • June 28, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 26, 2019 a TV interview
"Just the last three weeks, on average about 23,000 women, children, men are coming over across the border illegally as family units or as unaccompanied children."
True
By Mica Soellner • June 18, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 12, 2019 a Facebook post
"Not one Democrat showed up to listen to border officials about the dangerous situation at our border. Not one!!! NOT ONE!"
False
May 22, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2019 a press conference
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 23, 2019
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on March 14, 2019 a vote
Position on Trump’s national emergency declaration for border wall funding
Full Flop
By Paul Specht • March 20, 2019
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 a news conference
"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019
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