Fact check: 20,000 migrant children brought illegally into the U.S. in December (CBS News says it's true, actually higher.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/trump-primetime-address-to-nation-speech-announcement-border-wall-fight-government-shutdown-today/
Fact check: 20,000 migrant children brought illegally into the U.S. in December
TRUMP CLAIM: Last month, 20,000 migrant children were illegally brought into the United States.
FACT CHECK: Probably True. According to CBP, 4,982 unaccompanied minors were apprehended at the border in October 2018, and November, 5,283 were caught. In addition, family units -- that is, individuals (either a child under 18 years old, parent or legal guardian) apprehended with a family member by the U.S. Border Patrol -- numbered 23,115 in October and 25,172 in November. Assuming that each "family unit" contains at least one child, that means that the numbers of children are well above the 20,000 number cited by the president tonight.