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Statement·other·said 2016-11-22

The Department of Homeland Security has not requested any flight hours for Operation Phalanx from the Department of Defense for 2017.

Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2017-01-31
Reasoning

PolitiFact said the senators offered no documentary proof; a CBP letter six days earlier endorsed continued surveillance and named priority sectors, contradicting the claim no request was made.

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