Article snippet: WASHINGTON — Ten Democrats seeking the presidency sparred Thursday night in a sprawling debate that put all qualifying contenders on the same stage for the first time. Here’s a look at how some of their claims from Houston stack up with the facts: Joe Biden: ‘‘We didn’t lock people up in cages, we didn’t separate families.’’ THE FACTS: His comment about cages is wrong. The ‘‘cages’’ — chain-link enclosures inside border facilities where migrants have been temporarily housed, separated by sex and age — were built and used by the Obama administration. The Trump administration has been using the same facilities as the Obama administration. Democrats routinely accuse Trump of using cages for children without acknowledging the same enclosures were employed when Biden was vice president. The Obama administration also separated migrant children from families under certain limited circumstances, like when the child’s safety appeared at risk or when the parent had a serious criminal history. But family separations as a matter of routine came about because of President Donald Trump’s ‘‘zero tolerance’’ enforcement policy last year. More than 2,500 children were separated from their parents at the border and a government watchdog has said it’s possible thousands more were separated. Obama had no such policy. ___ Bernie Sanders: ‘‘Every study done shows that Medicare for All is the most cost-effective approach to providing health care to every man, woman and child in this ... Link to the full article to read more