Lie October 31, 2018 · Rally · Immigration

“Even if they've been on our soil for only a matter of seconds, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant children are made automatic citizens every year because of this crazy policy, and they are made instantly eligible for every privilege and benefit of American citizenship at a cost of billions of dollars a year.”

Said
October 31, 2018
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
12 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 6643)

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