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Fact-checks (3113)

Donald Trump stated on April 03, 2018 in a press conference:
"We’ve started building the wall."
By Miriam Valverde• April 4, 2018
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
Joe Biden stated on August 05, 2020 in an interview:
"There will not be another foot of wall constructed in my administration.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2023
Kelli Ward stated on March 16, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says Rep. Martha McSally "is a #FlipFlopBorderHawk."
By Miriam Valverde• April 3, 2018
George P. Bush stated on June 09, 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.”
By Brandon Mulder• June 21, 2021
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 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
Facebook posts stated on April 03, 2022 in an article:
"Biden changes his mind and now wants to resume building Trump’s wall."
By Monique Curet• April 7, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Texas has launched ‘Operation Lone Star’ to finish the border wall themselves.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 23, 2021
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
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
Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2018 in California just sued to stop the wall:
"The state of California is begging us to build walls in certain areas. They don’t tell you that."
By Chris Nichols• March 13, 2018
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2019 in posts online:
"President Trump’s wall costs less than the ObamaCare website."
By Julianna Rennie• March 29, 2019
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
Donald Trump stated on August 05, 2016 in a campaign speech :
Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border.
By Sarah Hauer• August 15, 2016
Joni Ernst stated on May 28, 2022 in a newsletter:
$3 million per day in "your tax dollars" are being spent to guard "unused border wall materials."
By Nina Baker• June 16, 2022
Pete Gallego stated on October 04, 2016 in a TV ad pointed out to PolitiFact Texas:
Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 7, 2016
Nancy Pelosi stated on November 17, 2019 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.
By Chris Nichols• November 23, 2019
Joaquin Castro stated on February 25, 2019 in a news conference:
"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."
By Madlin Mekelburg• February 26, 2019
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

Articles (1380)

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

By Miriam Valverde• August 30, 2019

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

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

By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2019

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

By Chris Nichols• August 29, 2017

A divide over fences

By Tom Tobin• October 23, 2007

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

Donald Trump says he didn't know about Steve Bannon's border wall project. Is that true?

By Samantha Putterman, Miriam Valverde• August 21, 2020

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

By Miriam Valverde• November 28, 2017

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

By Miriam Valverde• July 26, 2016

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

By Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019

Live fact-checking President Donald Trump's immigration address

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

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

By Miriam Valverde• October 26, 2017

In Context: What Scott Walker said about a Canada wall

By Tom Kertscher• September 3, 2015

Could Donald Trump declare a national emergency for a border wall? Here's what we know

By Miriam Valverde• January 18, 2019

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

By Miriam Valverde• January 24, 2019

California Sen. Kamala Harris challenges AG nominee William Barr on border wall, drug trafficking

By Chris Nichols• January 15, 2019

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

By Chris Nichols• March 12, 2018

Ask PolitiFact: Why are some border gates open in Arizona?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 5, 2023

Donald Trump vow to build wall funded by Mexico still 'In the Works'

By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 2018

Man behind viral border wall GoFundMe fundraiser also peddled false news

By Samantha Putterman• December 21, 2018