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True
0% 18 Checks
Mostly True
0% 27 Checks
Half True
0% 0 Checks
Mostly False
0% 58 Checks
False
0% 71 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 23 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Illinois

Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:
“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.
Pants on Fire!
October 31, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 in an interview:
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
October 29, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 in una publicación en X:
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
False
October 16, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 in an X post:
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
False
October 15, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 7, 2025 in a TikTok post:
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
False
September 8, 2025
stated on June 2, 2025 in Radio interview:
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
Mostly True
June 25, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2024 in a photo:
“A Coca-Cola truck filled with kids was found by police in Cicero, Illinois.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 18, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 22, 2024 in social media posts:
“Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 24, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 in una publicación en X:
“Un grupo de 32 venezolanos armados tomaron esta noche un edificio de apartamentos en Chicago”.
False
By Maria Briceño • September 9, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 in X posts:
A group of 32 armed Venezuelans took over an apartment building in Chicago.
False
September 6, 2024
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