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FACT CHECK: 2nd night of Democrat debate rhetoric under scrutiny (list is by no means all inclusive) abc7ny.com/politics/fact-…

CORY BOOKER, senator from New Jersey, on decriminalizing illegal entry at the border: "Doing it through the civil courts means you won't need these awful detention centers that I've been to."

THE FACTS: Not exactly. It's true that there could be reduced immigration detention at the border if there were no criminal charge for illegal entry.

But border officers would still need to process people coming over the border and that could lead to temporary holding, such as the so-called cages that Democrats call inhumane.

Also, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses detention to hold people awaiting deportation who have been accused or convicted of more serious crimes, including those who have green cards or other legal status.

For example, in December 2018, ICE detained 47,486 people, according to an analysis at Syracuse University. Of those, 29,753 had no conviction, and those people probably would not be in detention if illegal entry were a civil issue.

But 6,186 had serious crime convictions, 2,237 had other convictions and 9,310 had minor violations and those people could still be held, according to the analysis.

KAMALA HARRIS, senator from California: "Autoworkers we expect, perhaps, hundreds of thousands will be out of jobs by the end of the year."

THE FACTS: This dire prediction is faulty. The auto industry is not facing the imminent risk of such a collapse.

JULIAN CASTRO: "We need to ensure we have a national use of force standard and that we end qualified immunity for police officers so that we can hold them accountable for using excessive force."

THE FACTS: Castro is incorrect to suggest that police officers can't be held accountable for using excessive force. There's no bar to prosecuting officers for acts of force and violence, though the standards differ for local and federal prosecution.

HARRIS: "Right now in America, we have seniors who every day - millions of seniors - are going into the Medicare system."

THE FACTS: It's more like 10,000 people a day who turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare, which offers coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits, prescription drugs and other services.