Lie February 13, 2018 · Remarks · Immigration

“But we want securing the border and a wall, ending chain migration, and canceling the visa lottery. ... Anybody in favor of the lottery, where you pick it out and you say, 'Good, we have a new United States citizen'? Doesn’t work. And they’re not giving us their finest.”

Said
February 13, 2018
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
63 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 2273)

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