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Latest Fact-Checks In Border Security

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 14, 2020 an interview with Fox Business:
Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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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