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All Fact-checks for Border Security

stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference

“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."

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stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview

“We see an uncompleted wall that was duly appropriated dollars during the Trump days to build over 700 miles. Only 150 miles were constructed.”

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stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference

“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”

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stated on April 7, 2021 in a Facebook post

Says the nation is locked down and there’s “a wide open border.”

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stated on March 24, 2021 in Twitter

“We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”

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stated on March 30, 2021 in a tweet

“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”

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stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post

“We spent billions on a border wall and quit when it was 90% finished.”

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Veronica Escobar

stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview

"We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.”

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stated on March 25, 2021 in a press conference

Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”

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stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference

“We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”

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stated on March 20, 2021 in a Facebook post

Passports aren’t required to enter the United States from Mexico and Canada.

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stated on March 15, 2021 in a tweet

"Illegal border crossings are up 173% from 1 year ago and 28% since January when President Biden stopped the wall & deportations and started catch & release."

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Alejandro Mayorkas

stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview

The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”

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stated on March 21, 2021 in a Facebook post

“Texas has launched ‘Operation Lone Star’ to finish the border wall themselves.”

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stated on March 3, 2021 in a tweet

“The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities.”

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stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter

“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”

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stated on October 27, 2020 in a Tiktok post

James Biden “built the cages” and “(the Bidens) made millions from it.”

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stated on September 9, 2020 in an ad

Says Karen Handel voted with Donald Trump, "gutting health care for millions, supporting horrific child separation policies" and for "abortion bans."

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stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech

“On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”

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stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business

Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”

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What we know about images of Border Patrol and Haitian migrants

What we know about images of Border Patrol and Haitian migrants

By Amy Sherman • September 24, 2021

GOP governors answer Texas’ call to send forces to the border. But what is their role?

GOP governors answer Texas’ call to send forces to the border. But what is their role?

By Amy Sherman • July 2, 2021

What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

By Miriam Valverde • April 12, 2021

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2021

Latest promises about Border Security

Secure the borders