“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.”
What FactCheck.org found
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.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 5 October 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 October 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “True”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.