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Search results for "Trump administration has resumed detention of children"

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Fact-checks (23499)

Bloggers stated on June 18, 2018 in a tweet:
"Bill Clinton passed a law in 1996 that separated children from adults illegally entering America."
By Manuela Tobias• June 21, 2018
Brad Parscale stated on June 20, 2018 in a tweet:
"Fact: Over 90,000 kids were detained under Obama. And no one cared."
By Amy Sherman• June 25, 2018
Bill Nelson stated on July 23, 2018 in a Senate floor speech:
Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children."
By Miriam Valverde• July 26, 2018
Donald Trump stated on May 28, 2018 in a tweet:
A "horrible law" requires that children be separated from their parents "once they cross the Border into the U.S."
By Manuela Tobias• May 29, 2018
Ted Cruz stated on June 11, 2018 in an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:
"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."  
By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2018
Mike Pence stated on June 07, 2023 in a CNN town hall:
“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 8, 2023
Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release:
Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”
By Madison Czopek• May 13, 2022
Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2019 in a Telemundo interview:
"When I became president, President Obama had a separation policy. I didn’t have it. He had it."
By Miriam Valverde• June 21, 2019
Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post:
"Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’"
By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2018 in remarks to reporters on the White House grounds:
"You can’t (end the separation of families at the border) through an executive order."
By Jon Greenberg• June 21, 2018
Jeff Merkley stated on September 11, 2018 in an MSNBC interview:
Says the Trump administration transferred $10 million from FEMA to ICE.
By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2018
Viral image stated on September 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2020
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate:
Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2019
Matt Schlapp stated on June 15, 2018 in in an interview:
The Trump administration’s policy of separating families is "the same way Barack Obama did it."
By John Kruzel• June 19, 2018
Viral image stated on October 23, 2020 in an image on Facebook:
A photo shows Barack Obama in front of “cages” built during his administration to hold migrants.
By Daniel Funke• October 26, 2020
Bloggers stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration.  
By Samantha Putterman• January 2, 2019
Equity Forward stated on July 23, 2018 in an ad:
Says HHS Secretary Alex Azar called family separations at the border and detention of children in cages "one of the great acts of American generosity and charity" and "is now in charge."
By Miriam Valverde• August 2, 2018
Marco Rubio stated on March 03, 2024 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this country illegally."
By Samantha Putterman• March 8, 2024
Beto O'Rourke stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum:
"We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II"
By Mica Soellner• July 26, 2019
Donald Trump stated on February 01, 2017 in a tweet:
"The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."
By Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde• February 2, 2017

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By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019

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By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016

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By Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019

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By Miriam Valverde• January 21, 2021

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By Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017