Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 publicaciones en redes sociales
“Durante su presentación en el Super Bowl, Bad Bunny le regaló su premio Grammy a Liam Conejo Ramos”, el niño de 5 años que fue detenido por ICE.
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By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 posts
During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
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By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2026
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on January 22, 2026 a press conference
"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."
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By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on January 25, 2026 an X post
An image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
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By Maria Briceño • January 27, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 a speech in Davos
Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”
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By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 social media posts
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
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By Loreben Tuquero • January 12, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 7, 2026 social media posts
Viral photo shows the woman killed by an ICE agent Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
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By Maria Briceño • January 8, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 a press conference
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”
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By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2026
stated on November 17, 2025 an interview posted to X
“There’s about 1,400 criminal illegal aliens that, right now, are in North Carolina and Charlotte’s jails that they refuse to turn over to ICE law enforcement.”
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By Paul Specht • November 24, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 28, 2025 X posts
The majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens.
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By Loreben Tuquero • November 3, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 una publicación en X
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
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By Maria Briceño • October 16, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 an X post
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
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By Maria Briceño • October 15, 2025
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on October 5, 2025 an X post
“As a condition for ending the Democrat shutdown, Democrats want hospitals (to be) paid MORE to treat illegal aliens than American citizens.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 9, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2025 a statement to the media
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • October 7, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 28, 2025 en una entrevista
“Los demócratas están amenazando con cerrar todo el gobierno porque quieren dar cientos de miles de millones de dólares en beneficios de cuidado de salud a los inmigrantes ilegales”.
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 2, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 28, 2025 an interview
“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 1, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 7, 2025 a TikTok post
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
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By Maria Briceño • September 8, 2025
stated on August 24, 2025 an X post
The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 2, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on August 23, 2025 an X post
An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.
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By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2025
stated on June 13, 2025 an email
“Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 7, 2025
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