Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 an interview on NBC
Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2026
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on November 13, 2025 an interview
Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 an interview
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2025 a post on Truth Social
“Promises kept: negative net migration (in the U.S.) for the first time in 50 years!”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 8, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 a television interview
Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on April 30, 2025 a post on X
"Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2025
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on April 10, 2025 a NewsNation interview
Under the SAVE Act, “as long as you have a Real ID … it should be easy for you to register to vote.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • April 18, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 11, 2025 a TikTok post
Under the SAVE Act, “if you are a woman that has changed your name from your birth certificate, let’s say through marriage … you are no longer eligible to vote.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • February 17, 2025
Randy Fine
Randy Fine
stated on January 28, 2025 a senate special session
Florida’s in-state college tuition waiver for immigrants in the country illegally costs the state $41 million.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 6, 2025
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 2, 2025 a statement to the media
H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2025
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on September 9, 2024 a post
“Less than three months ago, Kamala Harris and her administration blocked 300,000 unvetted Haitian migrants from being deported out of our country."
Mostly False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • September 30, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 10, 2024 an interview
“Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 26, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 15, 2024 a CNN interview
In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a speech at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.”
Mostly False
By Stephanie Armour • July 31, 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
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on April 14, 2024 an X post
Immigrants in the country illegally cost “Florida taxpayers $566 million for 54,000 hospital visits.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 2, 2024
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on February 22, 2024 an interview
In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 an interview with Fox News
Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2024 a rally
“The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 23, 2024
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