Donald Trump falsely says there's 'never' been so many border apprehensions

[tulc]

Trump's false claim about record border apprehensions

He also said there have never been as many apprehensions as there are now. That’s verifiably wrong.

"Whether it’s steel or concrete, you don't care. We need a barrier, and they have done a fantastic job," Trump said Jan. 10. "Never so many apprehensions ever in our history."

His comment came as an effort to sway public and lawmakers’ support for funding for a border wall at the southern border. The federal government is in a partial shutdown as Trump and Democrats in congress disagree over the appropriations of taxpayers’ funds for the wall project.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on its website has southwest border apprehension data going back to fiscal year 1960.

In fiscal year 2000, Border Patrol recorded more than 1.6 million apprehensions at the southwest border.

How many in 2017? Close to 304,000.

tulc(this is President Trumps 5th false in 2019 his 219th total)

 

[Hank77]

Trump's false claim about record border apprehensions

tulc(this is President Trumps 5th false in 2019 his 219th total)

It would be easier to keep track of his accurate and truthful statements.

 

[NW82]

And yet the 2018 numbers are conspicuously absent, so your assertion isn't based in the most recent data.

 

[Arcangl86]

And yet the 2018 numbers are conspicuously absent, so your assertion isn't based in the most recent data.

Because they haven't been released yet. 2018 just finished and nonessential services have been closed since before the year ended .

 

[NW82]

Because they haven't been released yet. 2018 just finished and nonessential services have been closed since before the year ended .

Very true, but the implication is that Trump lied in a recent statement. Unless the numbers for 2018 are released, thus proving he lied, the statement that, "Donald Trump falsely says there's 'never' been so many border apprehensions" is in and of itself a lie.

 

[The Barbarian]

NW82 said: ↑
And yet the 2018 numbers are conspicuously absent, so your assertion isn't based in the most recent data.

Because they haven't been released yet. 2018 just finished and nonessential services have been closed since before the year ended .

How convenient for Trump. But since he doesn't know, either, he's still lying.

 

[Arcangl86]

How convenient for Trump. But since he doesn't know, either, he's still lying.

I found this Southwest Border Migration FY 2019 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection which indicates that it went up last year, but is not even as high as 2 years, much less nowhere even approaching the high.