Immigration

The administration said it arrested more than 4,000 immigrants in Minnesota, but it didn’t provide details on all of them. The White House didn’t prove that the drop in crimes were due to those arrests.

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Mostly True
0% 204 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Immigration

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 in an interview on NBC:
Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
Mostly False
February 13, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 in publicaciones en redes sociales:
“Durante su presentación en el Super Bowl, Bad Bunny le regaló su premio Grammy a Liam Conejo Ramos”, el niño de 5 años que fue detenido por ICE.
False
February 9, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 in posts:
During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
False
February 9, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino:
Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
Pants on Fire!
February 2, 2026
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on January 22, 2026 in a press conference:
"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."
False
January 28, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on January 25, 2026 in an X post:
An image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
False
January 27, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 in a speech in Davos:
Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”
False
January 26, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 25, 2026 in posts:
Evan Kilgore is one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Pants on Fire!
January 26, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 24, 2026 in posts:
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Only criminals carry guns on our streets, we need law and order.”
Pants on Fire!
January 26, 2026
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 in una entrevista:
“No están recibiendo el entrenamiento tradicional de cinco meses… .El entrenamiento para los agentes de ICE ahora es de 47 días”.
Mostly True
January 15, 2026
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