“President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Long before Trump became president, immigrants living in the country illegally were generally ineligible for federal public benefits.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 April 2020, 15 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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