“Kids at the border: 2,600 highest number Trump, 12,000 currently under Biden.”
Brandon Tatum
Conservative commentator. Facebook. Claim dated 5 Apr 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Under President Trump, the number of children crossing the Mexico border who were held in temporary U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody peaked at 2,600, in June 2019. That figure is now around 4,200, not 12,000.
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In short
Brandon Tatum (Conservative commentator) made this claim around 5 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 April 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Where the claim appeared
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