Lie September 7, 2018 · Interview · Immigration

“But I want people coming into the country through the merit system, not through a system where we have no idea who we're taking.”

Said
September 7, 2018
Where
Interview
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 5001)

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