“The surge at the border began in the last four months of the Trump Administration. Didn't start in January.”
What FactCheck.org found
A rise in border apprehensions did begin prior to the election under then-President Donald Trump. But the increase in unaccompanied children has spiked significantly in the first full month of the Biden administration.
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In short
Chris Murphy (U.S. senator) made this claim around 16 March 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 March 2021, 7 days later. Its rating was “We Review the Data”.
Chris Murphy has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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