Latest Fact Checks By Miriam Valverde

Border fence in Israel cut illegal immigration by 99 percent, GOP senator says

By Miriam Valverde

February 13, 2017

Israel cut its illegal immigration rate by "99 percent" by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border.

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No proof ISIS leaders using Donald Trump’s travel ban for recruitment

By Miriam Valverde

February 7, 2017

"ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more…

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Most Syrian refugees are women and children, as Keith Ellison said

By Miriam Valverde

February 2, 2017

"About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old."

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Trump claims Obama made deal to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia

By Linda Qiu , Miriam Valverde

February 2, 2017

"The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."

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No terrorist attacks post 9/11 by people from countries in Trump’s travel ban?

By Miriam Valverde

January 29, 2017

"The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven…

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Donald Trump was not ‘unanimously endorsed’ by ICE, border patrol

By Miriam Valverde

January 26, 2017

Says ICE and border patrol officers "unanimously endorsed me for president."

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Rep. Luke Messer is correct, 2006 act allows the construction of a border wall

By Miriam Valverde

January 17, 2017

"By funding the authorization that’s already happened a decade ago (in the Secure Fence Act of 2006), we could start the process of meeting Mr.…

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Jeff Sessions objected to immigrants in armed forces, Senator Durbin says

By Miriam Valverde

January 10, 2017

Of Sen. Jeff Sessions, "you've objected to immigrants volunteering to serve in our armed forces, saying, 'In terms of who's going to be most likely…

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Mostly True: Trump tweet about GM Chevy Cruze manufacturing

By Miriam Valverde

January 4, 2017

"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border."

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Pants on Fire! Trump tweet about White House, Russian hacking probe

By Miriam Valverde

December 15, 2016

"If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary…

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Mostly False: Claim that tens of thousands of children are rushing the border fearing Trump’s wall

By Miriam Valverde

December 15, 2016

Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall."

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Conservative website says Obama program for Central American minors mostly helps adults

By Miriam Valverde

December 7, 2016

"More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors…

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