“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
What PolitiFact found
Family separations rarely happened under the Obama administration, which sought to keep families together in detention. Separations under Trump occurred systematically.
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In short
Mike Pence (Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 8 June 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 June 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Mike Pence has 46 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 25 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/se/date/2023-06-07/segment/01
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