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    Trump's Tweets On 'Caravans' Crossing The Border, Annotated

    NPR fact-checked the president's claims on Twitter that "caravans" of people are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to take advantage of DACA, and that Mexico could stop the inflow.
    by Joel Rose Apr 02, 2018 5 minutes
    A metal fence runs along the U.S.-Mexico east of San Luis, Arizona.

    "DACA is dead," President Trump declared Monday on Twitter, after an Easter Sunday Tweetstorm claiming large caravans of migrants are heading to the border to take advantage of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. He also blasted Mexico for not stopping the influx and repeated his call for a border wall.

    The president's Tweets include some debatable claims about DACA, border security, and immigration law and policy on both sides of the southern border.

    NPR reporters who follow the immigration and the debate in Congress fact-checked six of his tweets:

    Claim 1: "Caravans" of migrants are crossing the border

    The president offers no source for his claim about "caravans" of immigrants coming to the U.S. But he's likely reacting to a on Sunday morning about a caravan of migrants crossing Mexico, reportedly heading for the border. The caravan, organized by the group Pueblo Sin Fronteras, numbers more. So far, Mexican authorities haven't moved to block the migrants. It's not clear how many of the migrants actually intend to enter the U.S., or seek asylum here.

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