In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews President Donald Trump’s false claim about El Paso’s violent crime rates.
Issues: border wall
False Claim About Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Demand’
Trump Wrong About Wall Effect in El Paso
Trumps Not Donating $1 Billion for Border Wall
Trump Revises History on Mexico’s Wall Payment
Social Posts Distort Facts of 2013 Shutdown
Video: Criminals Arrested at Southern Border
Misleading Border Crime Statistic
U.S. Border Patrol encountered 6,259 immigrants with criminal convictions, many of them for illegal entry charges, in fiscal 2018, according to the most recent statistics. Yet, White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney misleadingly claimed authorities “had arrested 17,000 criminals at the southern border.”