There are many reasons to criticize the Trump administration’s approach to illegal immigration. It is cruel, draconian, and antithetical to the pro-family values espoused by the Republican Party.

But it is an outright falsehood to say President Trump set the tone when he degraded all migrants as “animals.” Trump never said that about immigrants or refugees. It is one of the many lies about the Trump administration that simply will not die.

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