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PolitiFact Check: Did Undocumented Immigrants Kill 1,800 Americans Last Year?

KVCR | By Chris Nichols

Published February 22, 2019 at 9:41 AM PST

Sacramento-area Congressman Tom McClintock recently made an eye-opening claim about the number of Americans killed by undocumented immigrants, as he defended President Trump's efforts to build a border wall. Capital Public Radio's PolitiFact reporter Chris Nichols fact-checked the Republican congressman's statement.

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