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    FACT CHECK: Trump's Oval Office Pitch For A Border Wall

    President Trump used his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to make the case for a $5.7 billion border wall. That demand and Democrats' opposition has led to a partial government shutdown.
    by Scott Horsley Jan 08, 2019 5 minutes
    President Trump speaks to the nation in his first-prime address from the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.

    President Trump used his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to make the case for his controversial border wall. The president's demand for $5.7 billion in wall funding — and Democrats' opposition — has led to a partial shutdown of the federal government.

    Here we check some of the arguments made by the president and top Democrats in their response.

    Trump's Speech

    Claim 1: Humanitarian and security crisis

    "There is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our Southern border."

    Illegal border crossings in the most recent fiscal year (ending in September 2018) were and much lower than at their peak around 2000. The number of unauthorized border-crossers is also dwarfed by the number of people who overstay their visas. But there has been a spike in crossings

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