Lie January 5, 2019 · Social post · Immigration

“We are working hard at the Border, but we need a WALL! In 2018, 1.7 million pounds of narcotics seized, 17,000 adults arrested with criminal records, and 6000 gang members, including MS-13, apprehended. A big Human Trafficking problem.”

Said
January 5, 2019
Where
Twitter (Twitter)
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
102 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 7755)

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  2. Jan 6, 2019 · Remarks“You know, when they say "build the wall," I don't say that anymore. I say "finish the wall." Because we have done a lot of work.”
  3. Jan 6, 2019 · Remarks“If we don't have border security, we're going to be crime-ridden, and it's going get worse and worse.”
  4. Jan 4, 2019 · Press conference“We've already built a lot of the wall. We’ve been working very, very hard.”
  5. Jan 4, 2019 · Press conference“The drugs are pouring into this country. They don't go through the ports of entry.”
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