Fact Check: Did the U.S. catch 4,000 terrorists at the southern border in 2018?
omg, they lied? 
This is the argument don the con always uses. Now we can use these fun facts to counteract their lies.
Fact Check: Did the U.S. catch 4,000 terrorists at the southern border in 2018?
Said one ex-official, "Terrorists trying to infiltrate the U.S. across our southern border was more of a theoretical vulnerability than an actual one."
Jan. 4, 2019 / 4:13 PM EST
By Julia Ainsley
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday that Customs and Border Protection picked up nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists last year "that came across our southern border."
But in fact, the figure she seems to be citing is based on 2017 data, not 2018, and refers to stops made by Department of Homeland Security across the globe, mainly at airports.
In fiscal 2017, the latest year for which data is available, according to agency data and the White House's own briefing sheet, the Department of Homeland Security prevented nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists from "traveling to or entering the United States."
According to Justice Department public records and two former counterterrorism officials, no immigrant has been arrested at the southwest border on terrorism charges in recent years.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment about Sanders' statement.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/fact-check-did-u-s-catch-4-000-terrorists-southern-n954796?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2d0CulSONn5iAmQu2U3Nn0exPV8o-YRHb8KHpV0Ii2pL0A_xo5PrWA2oU
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