Donald Trump: "coming from prisons, they're coming from jails, they're coming from mental institutions and..."

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coming from prisons, they're coming from jails, they're coming from mental institutions and insane asylums

Donald Trump · The Republican National Convention · July 18, 2024 · Race: President of the United States

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False

PolitiFact, July 19, 2024 · read the check

Our check against the record

The record does not settle it

Checked against No agency publishes the share of migrants released from foreign prisons, jails or mental institutions; the Department of Homeland Security would have to publish encounters by prior foreign custody, which it does not.

The record: Office of Homeland Security Statistics: immigration enforcement data

Context

He was describing people entering the United States across the southern border.

Topics: Immigration.

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Sources

2024 RNC fact-check: Trump appears with Vance, allies · PolitiFact · 2024-07-19 · accessed 2026-09-18
Office of Homeland Security Statistics: immigration enforcement data · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · accessed 2026-10-15

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