Lie August 20, 2018 · Remarks · Immigration

“We will end the ridiculous policy of catch-and-release. Think about that. Just think about it. You catch somebody bad, you take their name, and you release them. And except for politics, the Democrats all know it’s wrong. But politics is absolutely paramount over law enforcement, safety, crime. We have to get people in that are going to do what’s proper.”

Said
August 20, 2018
Where
Remarks
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 4401)

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