Fact-checking Trump’s announcement of a national emergency - The Washington Post

Where to begin with President Trump’s rambling news conference to announce he was invoking a national emergency to build a border wall? It was chock-full of false and misleading claims, many of which we’ve previously highlighted, either in our database of Trump claims or our list of Bottomless Pinocchios. Here’s a summary of 14 of the most noteworthy claims, starting with immigration ones first...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/15/fact-checking-trumps-announcement-national-emergency/