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Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2021 in a statement to the media:
"We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• March 24, 2021
Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2018 in a campaign rally in Wisconsin:
"Democrats oppose any effort to secure our border."
By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 07, 2017 in weekly address:
"Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border."
By Miriam Valverde• April 10, 2017
Donald Trump stated on April 03, 2018 in a press conference:
"We’ve started building the wall."
By Miriam Valverde• April 4, 2018
Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2017 in a speech:
"The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down -- it went up."
By Miriam Valverde• August 3, 2017
Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2017 in a press conference:
"We stopped traffic coming through -- 78 percent."
By Miriam Valverde• August 31, 2017
Bloggers stated on December 17, 2018 in a blog post:
Says Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2014 "helped put together and signed a $25 billion deal to fund a border wall" and now opposes Trump's $5 billion request for a border wall "just because he's a Republican." ​
By John Kruzel• December 20, 2018
Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC:
Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”
By Miriam Valverde• August 28, 2020
Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2023 in a rally:
The Trump administration “built nearly 500 miles of border wall.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 9, 2023
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“We spent billions on a border wall and quit when it was 90% finished.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 29, 2021
Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2018 in a campaign speech:
"We’ve already started (the border wall). We started it in San Diego."
By Chris Nichols• June 26, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2017 in an interview with the Associated Press:
Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years."
By Miriam Valverde• April 25, 2017
Mark Harris stated on March 29, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Rep. Robert Pittenger "stood against funding for the border wall."
By Paul Specht• April 5, 2018
Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2017 in his first Cabinet meeting:
"In the first full month of my administration following the issuance of my executive orders, illegal immigration on our southern border fell by an unprecedented 40 percent."
By Miriam Valverde• March 14, 2017
Brandon Tatum stated on April 05, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Kids at the border: 2,600 highest number Trump, 12,000 currently under Biden.”
By Tom Kertscher• April 9, 2021
Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in a rally in Kentucky:
"Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent."
By Miriam Valverde• March 22, 2017
Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in remarks in McAllen, Texas:
Says there’s "never (been) so many apprehensions ever in our history."
By Miriam Valverde• January 11, 2019
Martha McSally stated on August 14, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says "former Democrat Kelli Ward attacked President Trump's plans to crack down on illegal immigration, saying Trump was making a mistake."
By Miriam Valverde• August 16, 2018
Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2019 in a tweet:
"We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!"
By Miriam Valverde• February 25, 2019
Joe Manchin stated on June 14, 2018 in a campaign ad:
"I voted to fund President Trump’s wall."
By Matthew Gold, Anderson Small• October 5, 2018

Articles (3046)

The context behind Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s dueling immigration speeches at the Texas border

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 1, 2024

How much has been spent so far on Donald Trump's border wall?

By Matthew Gold, Louis Jacobson, Joseph Kennedy, Anderson Small• November 29, 2018

Fact-checking Trump, Pelosi and Schumer’s White House fight over the border wall, shutdown

By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• December 11, 2018

Trump's real border crisis is the overwhelmed asylum system, experts say

By Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019

Donald Trump claims Doug Jones is 'weak on the border.' Here's what we found

By Miriam Valverde• November 28, 2017

Can President Donald Trump send the military to secure the border?

By Miriam Valverde• April 4, 2018

Donald Trump’s border wall: how much has been built?

By Miriam Valverde• August 30, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s false and misleading claims about immigration, the border wall

By Miriam Valverde• January 24, 2019

How Trump plans to build, and pay for, a wall along U.S.-Mexico border

By Miriam Valverde• July 26, 2016

President Trump’s Record With The Truth As He Visits California

By Chris Nichols• March 12, 2018

Trump says 400 miles of wall are coming soon. But most projects replace existing barriers

By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2019

Trump rests national emergency declaration on border ‘invasion.’ Here are the facts

By Miriam Valverde• February 15, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s misleading immigration claims in meeting with California officials

By Miriam Valverde• May 17, 2018

Fact-checking Greg Abbott’s claims that Biden has ‘open border’ policies

By Nusaiba Mizan• April 26, 2022

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in North Dakota

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• June 28, 2018

Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ claim about cost of Trump’s border wall

By Chris Nichols• August 29, 2017

Live fact-checking President Donald Trump's immigration address

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019

Have deportations increased under Donald Trump? Here’s what the data shows

By Miriam Valverde• December 19, 2017

Will a border wall stop drugs from coming into the United States?

By Miriam Valverde• October 26, 2017

Donald Trump vs. Beto O’Rourke on immigration messaging

By Miriam Valverde• February 12, 2019