Border Security Scorecard True 0% 7 Checks Mostly True 0% 10 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 21 Checks False 0% 46 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 8 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Border Security Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa: Las cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”. September 5, 2025 Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.” September 2, 2025 TikTok posts stated on June 20, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok: “Donald Trump acaba de firmar una nueva orden que pone al país en alerta máxima y sella las fronteras para todos los residentes” el 1 de julio. July 3, 2025 TikTok posts stated on June 28, 2025 in a TikTok post: President Donald Trump signed an executive order for “a total border shutdown with no set reopening date” on July 1. July 2, 2025 Social Media stated on April 30, 2025 in a Facebook post: “In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.” May 12, 2025 Instagram posts stated on January 20, 2025 in a post: “ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.” By Maria Briceño • January 23, 2025 Nancy Pelosi stated on November 9, 2024 in an interview: “Fewer people came in under President Biden than came under Donald Trump.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 15, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview: “We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 11, 2024 Kari Lake stated on September 27, 2024 in a TV interview: Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.” By Caleb McCullough • October 3, 2024 Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: “We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.” By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 16, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand? • January 20, 2026 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump’s immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 28, 2025 Tren de Aragua: Que sabemos sobre la pandilla venezolana que Trump designó como terrorista By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 25, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no. By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 19, 2025 What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise? By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 4, 2025 The White House exaggerated how sharply illegal immigration has dropped. Here’s what you should know By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 20, 2025 What Trump’s first week immigration orders mean in the short and long term By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 24, 2025 What do we know about a smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group? By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 9, 2025 Fact-checking social media posts claiming instant policy victories for Donald Trump By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2024 ¿Quién es Tom Homan, “zar de la frontera” de Donald Trump? By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 14, 2024
