Border Security Scorecard true 0% 7 Checks mostly-true 0% 10 Checks Half True 0% 17 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 Republican National Committee stated on July 22, 2024 in a video: President Joe Biden appointed "Kamala Harris to be his border czar to deal with illegal immigration … Harris was put in charge of stopping illegal immigration." By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 24, 2024 Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview: “(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 11, 2024 Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans . stated on June 25, 2024 in Facebook post: “Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!” By Sophie Carson • July 3, 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream: Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA." By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 3, 2024 Donald Trump stated on June 6, 2024 in a campaign rally: Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 20, 2024 Marco Rubio stated on May 19, 2024 in an interview: The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 11, 2024 Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a speech: “Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 15, 2024 Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in a speech: A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be OK with this happening in a Third World country. This is the United States of America.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 11, 2024 Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview: “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 8, 2024 Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 23, 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? 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Barack Obama Secure the borders Border is more secure, but not to everyone’s satisfaction | August 31, 2012
