Claim: the final Trump months produced the safest border in U.S. history

Archive disclosure: This review was added to the Stand Against Trump archive after the original statement. The date above is the claim date, not a backdated publication date.

What the evidence shows

Southwest-border apprehensions in the final three complete months of the first Trump administration were higher than in the comparable months before he took office.

Finding: False

The finding applies to the specific factual proposition summarized in the headline. It should not be read as a judgment about unrelated statements or motives.

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