Immediately following Trump’s approximately 10-minute speech, Smith broke down a "number of claims" that were deliberately misleading. While Trump issued scary warnings about murders by immigrants, Smith said, "Statistics show that there is less violent crime by the undocumented immigrant population than by the general population."
In response to Trump claiming his wall would stop drug trafficking across the border, Smith said, "Government statistics show much of the heroin actually comes not over the unguarded border but through ports of call."
The anchor also informed viewers that the number of illegal border crossings has been going "steadily down over the past 10 years" despite Trump’s assertion that they are on the rise and the government reports that "there is more outward traffic than inward traffic."