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stated on November 2, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

“Migrants in the Guatemalan Caravan stand on, and then urinate on, U.S. flag before throwing it in the trash can.”  

Pants on Fire!

Flag stomping image is from a 2016 student protest in Wisconsin, not migrant caravan

Migrants making their way north to the U.S-Mexico border have neither dragged nor brutalized police officers. They also haven’t haven’t burned the American flag or defaced it with a swastika.

New allegations that migrants are standing and peeing on the flag before dumping it are also false.

“Report: Migrants in Guatemalan Caravan stand on, and then urinate on, U.S. flag before throwing it in the trash can,” reads the text stamped above a photo of someone standing on a flag spread on the ground. The image was posted to a Bill O’Reilly Fans Facebook group on Nov. 2.

This story was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

The picture isn’t fake, but it’s not current. It’s a still from a news clip of a protest at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on April 3, 2016. Activists were protesting Donald Trump, then a presidential candidate participating in a town hall organized by Fox News.

And while there has been news coverage of people urinating on the flag stateside—a suspected Boston man in September and an American activist in 2017—we could find no reports of the migrants taking such action.

We rate this claim Pants on Fire!

Flag stomping image is from a 2016 student protest in Wisconsin, not migrant caravan

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on January 7, 2026 a press briefing

stated on January 14, 2026 a statement

Social Media
stated on February 14, 2026 social media posts



stated on January 20, 2026 an op-ed


Donald Trump
stated on February 3, 2026 remarks in the Oval Office


Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 social media posts





Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:

Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 an interview with Dan Bongino