Lie June 15, 2018 · Interview · Immigration

“Catch-and-release. We catch a criminal, a real criminal, a rough tough criminal, we take his name and then we release him. And we say, 'Please show up to court in a couple of months.' You know what the chances of getting him to court are? Like zero. OK? It's crazy.”

Said
June 15, 2018
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
89 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 3917)

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  5. Jun 15, 2018 · Press conference“I hate the children being taken away. The Democrats have to change their law. That's their law. ... You can't do it through an executive order.”
  6. Jun 15, 2018 · Interview“Do you know what lottery is? That's when you pick names to come into the country. Well, when a country gives names, they're not giving us their finest. So we're picking people, it's not good. We have to end that.”