Latest Fact-Checks In Border Security

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Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on August 19, 2025 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”.
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 5, 2025
Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on August 19, 2025 a press conference
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.”
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 2, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 20, 2025 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.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 3, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 28, 2025 a TikTok post
President Donald Trump signed an executive order for “a total border shutdown with no set reopening date” on July 1.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 2, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 30, 2025 a Facebook post
“In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 12, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 20, 2025 a post
“ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.”
False
By Maria Briceño • January 23, 2025
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 9, 2024 an interview
“Fewer people came in under President Biden than came under Donald Trump.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 15, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 an interview
“We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 11, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on September 27, 2024 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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • October 3, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 16, 2024
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 22, 2024 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."
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 24, 2024
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on June 30, 2024 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.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 11, 2024
Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans .
Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans .
stated on June 25, 2024 Facebook post
“Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!”
Pants on Fire!
By Sophie Carson • July 3, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 27, 2024 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."
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 3, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 6, 2024 a campaign rally
Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 20, 2024
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 19, 2024 an interview
The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 11, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 a speech
“Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 15, 2024
Katie Britt
Katie Britt
stated on March 7, 2024 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.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 11, 2024
Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro Mayorkas
stated on March 3, 2024 a CNN interview
“Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
Mostly True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 8, 2024
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on January 28, 2024 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.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 23, 2024
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