Latest Fact Checks By Maria Ramirez Uribe

Donald Trump released prisoners, dropped charges when negotiating release of Americans held abroad

By Maria Ramirez Uribe , Sara Swann

August 7, 2024

In negotiating releases of Americans held abroad, “(I) gave the opposing country NOTHING — and never any cash.”

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‘Border czar’? Kamala Harris assigned to tackle immigration’s causes, not border security

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

July 24, 2024

President Joe Biden appointed "Kamala Harris to be his border czar to deal with illegal immigration … Harris was put in charge of stopping illegal…

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‘Mark Violets’ no disparó a Donald Trump. En redes sociales culparon equivocadamente a un blogger.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

July 14, 2024

“El que disparo Donald Trump, Mark Violets ha sido asesinado.”

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‘Mark Violets’ of antifa didn’t shoot Donald Trump. Social media users wrongly blamed a blogger.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

July 14, 2024

“Butler Police confirm the shooter’s name is Mark Violets. He is a known Antifa extremist.”

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Were immigration agents told not to detain ‘aggravated felons’? Here’s why that’s Mostly False

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

July 11, 2024

“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”

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Border Patrol does not pay for migrants’ flights, despite Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

July 3, 2024

Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket.…

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President Joe Biden’s border policy is not ‘pro-child trafficking,’ despite Donald Trump’s claim

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

June 20, 2024

Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.”

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No evidence for Donald Trump’s claim that Congo is releasing people from jail into the U.S.

By Amy Sherman , Maria Ramirez Uribe

June 12, 2024

“Congo, Africa, just released a lot of people, a lot of people from their prisons and jails and brought them into the United States of…

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There aren’t 20 million to 30 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally, as Sen. Marco Rubio claimed

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

June 11, 2024

The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.”

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Trump’s ridiculous claim that “millions” of immigrants came illegally from jails, mental facilities

By Amy Sherman , Maria Ramirez Uribe

June 6, 2024

Joe Biden “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.”

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Donald Trump is likely able to vote in November despite felony convictions

By Amy Sherman , Maria Ramirez Uribe

May 31, 2024

“Trump can’t vote for himself in the November election.”

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Mike Johnson’s false claim about noncitizens registering to vote at DMV, ‘welfare’ offices

By Amy Sherman , Maria Ramirez Uribe

May 20, 2024

“The millions (of immigrants) that have been paroled can simply go to their local welfare office or the DMV and register to vote.”

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