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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”.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 5, 2025

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.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 2, 2025

Mike Gallagher
stated on June 27, 2023 Interview

China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”

By Sophia Voight • October 6, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on July 29, 2023 a rally

The Trump administration “built nearly 500 miles of border wall.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 2023

Chip Roy
stated on January 23, 2023 a tweet

"Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 3, 2023

Tom Nelson
stated on April 26, 2022 Twitter

“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”

By Laura Schulte • May 17, 2022

Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2021 Twitter

Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”

By Laura Schulte • December 14, 2021

Bryan Steil
stated on October 28, 2021 Twitter

Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”

By Laura Schulte • November 12, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 16, 2021 a press conference

“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”

By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2021

Veronica Escobar
stated on March 14, 2021 an interview

"We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.”

By Brandon Mulder • March 29, 2021

Richard Hudson
stated on March 15, 2021 a tweet

"Illegal border crossings are up 173% from 1 year ago and 28% since January when President Biden stopped the wall & deportations and started catch & release."

By Paul Specht • March 25, 2021

Alejandro Mayorkas
stated on March 21, 2021 in an ABC News interview

The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021

Lucy McBath
stated on September 9, 2020 an ad

Says Karen Handel voted with Donald Trump, "gutting health care for millions, supporting horrific child separation policies" and for "abortion bans."

September 14, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 19, 2020 a speech

“On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”

By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 14, 2020 an interview with Fox Business

Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”

By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020

Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate

Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program

By Chris Nichols • June 28, 2019

Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 a news conference

"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019

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