Claim: Says "we" have put more boots on the U.S.-Mexico border "than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly 80 percent from their peak in 2000."
Fact-check: Obama says record level of boots on ground near border and illegal crossings down nearly 80%
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2013-05-13T00:00:00