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Claim that the Obama administration had the same separation policy
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- Documented falsehood campaigns and institutional attacks
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- Documented public claim and fact-check
Trump said his administration had inherited the same family-separation policy from Obama. FactCheck.org distinguished prior immigration enforcement from the Trump administration's systematic zero-tolerance separation policy.
Evidence basis
independent-corroboration
Dated sources
- — Associated Press family-separation fact-check (Independent Associated Press fact-check)
- — FactCheck.org (Independent reporting)
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Claim that the Obama administration had the same separation policy. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2019-04-obama-family-separation-claim/
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