“On unaccompanied children who crossed the border, "88,000 children are missing under this administration. ... And unfortunately, many of those children are dead.”
What FactCheck.org found
In 2023, the New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services was not able to get in contact with more than 85,000 children whom department officials had placed with relatives or other sponsors.
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In short
Donald Trump (Former President of the United States) made this claim around 6 June 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2024, 11 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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