As former President Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination he laid out his vision for running the country. He painted a dire picture of the state of the U.S. and outlined a range of actions he planned to take.
But his comments Thursday night were marked with myriad false and misleading information that distorted the facts aboutimmigration, the U.S. economy and his previous accomplishments.
Here are the facts:
TRUMP: “The greatest invasion in history is taking place right here in our country — they are coming in from every corner of the Earth, not just from South America, but from Africa, Asia and the Middle East — they’re coming from everywhere, and this administration does nothing to stop them. They are coming from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums, and terrorists at levels never seen before.”
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THE FACTS: Trump spent much of his address discussing immigration and the mass influx of migrants into the U.S., repeating several false and misleading claims, including that it has caused a crime surge. He cited recent high-profile and heinous crimes allegedly committed by people in the country illegally as proof.
But the suggestion there has been a spike in violent crime nationally as a result of the influx is not supported by facts.
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