Lie October 16, 2017 · Press conference · Immigration

“Drugs are pouring across our border. We're stopping it, but we need a wall to really stop it.”

Said
October 16, 2017
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
102 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 1449)

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  1. Oct 16, 2017 · Remarks“We have drugs pouring through on the southern border; they're literally pouring through.”
  2. Oct 11, 2017 · Interview“Right now we've built five prototypes. They are really looking good and our country needs it. Not only for people but for the drugs that are pouring into our country. We have drugs that are pouring into our country.”
  3. Oct 25, 2017 · Interview“The drugs pouring into the country have gotten -- and I tell you what, we’ve made a big impact. But still, we need the wall. You know, part of the reason we need the wall is for drugs.”
  4. Oct 25, 2017 · Remarks“I would love to do a DACA deal, but we have to get something very substantial for it, including the wall, including security, including a strong border. We have to be able to stop drugs from pouring into our nation.”
  5. Oct 26, 2017 · Speech“An astonishing 90 percent of the heroin in America comes from south of the border, where we will be building a wall which will greatly help in this problem. It will have a great impact.”
  6. Nov 1, 2017 · Remarks“This man that came in, or whatever you want to call him, brought in, with him, other people. And he was a point – he was the point of contact, the primary point of contact for — and this is preliminarily — 23 people…