Lie February 16, 2017 · Press conference · Immigration

“We've ordered a crackdown on sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal law and that harbor criminal aliens, and we have ordered an end to the policy of catch and release on the border. ... We are saving American lives every single day.”

Said
February 16, 2017
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
83 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 0092)

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