In this video, we review some of claims made on June 27 during round two of the first Democratic debate.
Video: FactChecking the Second Debate
Issues: Illegal immigration
FactChecking Round Two of the Democratic Debate
The second of a two-part debate offered a new crop of spin.
Trump’s New Twist on False Voter Fraud Claim
President Donald Trump falsely suggested that California admitted that “a million votes” were cast as part of “much illegal voting” in that state during the 2016 presidential election.
Video: False Illegal Immigration Claims
This fact-checking video by CNN’s Jake Tapper explains two false claims President Donald Trump made about illegal immigration.
Trump’s Numbers, April 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
More Family Separation Spin
Last year, the Trump administration announced a “zero tolerance” border policy that resulted in children being separated from their parents who were detained for entering the U.S. illegally. Yet President Donald Trump recently claimed that “President Obama separated the children. … I’m the one that stopped it.”
Trump Wrong on Mexico’s Migrant Apprehensions
In fiscal year 2018, Mexico apprehended 110,000 migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, and over the previous four fiscal years the total was more than 500,000. Yet, President Donald Trump said that for the “first time” in “decades” Mexico “has been starting to apprehend a lot of people at their southern border coming in” from those countries.
Video: Trump’s Border Wall Spin
This week’s fact-checking video by CNN’s Jake Tapper concerns several claims by President Donald Trump to justify his national emergency declaration for a border wall.
Misinformation Follows House Approval of H.R. 1
Q: Did House passage of H.R. 1 allow noncitizens to vote?
A: No. That bill would enact a host of changes to election laws, but it does not permit noncitizens to vote.
Apprehensions Not ‘On Track’ to Exceed 1 Million
President Donald Trump tweeted that the U.S. is “on track to APPREHEND more than one million people coming across the Southern Border this year.” That’s not the case, based on the number of apprehensions so far this fiscal or calendar year.