During a rally in Ambridge, Pa., on Monday, Donald Trump said, “I’ve been proven right” about “Hillary Clinton’s radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the United States without any limit at all.”
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Trump said, “I’ve been proven right” about “Hillary Clinton’s radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the United States without any limit at all.”
Trump is referring to a leaked speech excerpt in which Clinton purportedly says, “My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders, some time in the future with energy that is as green and sustainable as we can get it, powering growth and opportunity for every person in the hemisphere.”
We don’t have more context about what Clinton meant by “open borders” because she has not released the full speech. Her campaign has said she was talking about clean energy across the hemisphere.
Trump argues that it directly applies to her current immigration policy. She has not called for open borders in this campaign. Clinton has proposed making it easier for the current undocumented population to gain a path to citizenship with conditions, but she has also supported beefed-up border security.
The statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it Mostly False.
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