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Chris Christie, Former governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination for president

“In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? 38,000.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Christie’s claim about apprehensions at the border and detention space is mostly right but needs clarification. Because of longstanding immigration laws and policies, not everyone who is apprehended can be detained.

Joe Biden, President of the United States

“The border wall — the money was appropriated for the border wall. I tried to get to them to reappropriate it, to redirect that money. They didn’t. ... I can’t stop that.”

FactCheck.org rated this: True

FactCheck.org says: The appropriations law from 2019 stated that of the funds for Customs and Border Protection, $1.375 billion would “only” be available “for the construction of barrier system along the southwest border.”