Lie April 6, 2019 · Speech · Immigration

“I really thank the president of Mexico because they stepped up and now they are apprehending people on their southern border...Mexico is apprehended 14,000 people yesterday, a thousand people today, before they've never done this.”

Said
April 6, 2019
Where
Speech
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
13 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 9893)

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