Fact-checking President Trump’s claims on immigration

The following article by Meg Kelly was posted on the Washington Post website May 7, 2018:

President Trump seemingly can’t stop talking about immigration. But many of his most frequent claims are wrong. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

The president made it abundantly clear, intentionally or not, that March and April (and maybe even May) might as well be called “immigration month.” It wasn’t on the official schedule. Or worked out in great detail by White House staff. But the pending March 5 expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the actions of Oakland’s mayor, a “caravan” moving slowly through Mexico to the border with the United States and the omnibus spending bill catapulted immigration back into the national conversation and very much onto President Trump’s mind.

The trend was unmistakable as we updated our now-administration-long project tracking the president’s false or misleading claims. Before March and April, about 9 percent of Trump’s claims were on immigration every month. But in those two months, that number jumped to 16 percent. In other words, it nearly doubled. Continue reading “Fact-checking President Trump’s claims on immigration”