Lie December 20, 2018 · Remarks · Immigration

“Illegal immigration costs our nation $275 billion a year -- you hear many different numbers. You can say 'billions and billions.' But the number that I hear most accurate is $275 billion a year, at least -- millions of jobs and thousands of innocent lives.”

Said
December 20, 2018
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
25 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 7645)

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