Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 23, 2024 a CNN town hall
"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on August 6, 2024 una entrevista
"Tim Walz firmó una ley para dar licencia de conducir a inmigrantes ilegales en Minnesota".
True
By Maria Briceño • August 9, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on August 6, 2024 an interview
"Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota."
True
By Maria Briceño • August 9, 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
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 2, 2024 a town hall
Donald Trump “deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did."
True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 4, 2024
Francis Suarez
Francis Suarez
stated on May 21, 2023 a TV interview
“Just last year,” Miami-Dade Public Schools “had over 14,000 new children, 10,000 of which came from four countries of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti.”
True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 23, 2023
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 30, 2021 a tweet
“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • April 6, 2021
Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 13, 2019 a tweet
The United States is the only nation "that grants legal permanent residency to more than a million people per year."   
True
By Mica Soellner • December 26, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on November 27, 2019 a tweet
Says the cartels are so bad in a Mexican border state that the U.S. government issued a ‘Do Not Travel’ warning -- the same warning it issued for Syria.
True
By Paul Specht • December 5, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on June 1, 2019 a veterans event in California
Says immigrant military service members applying for U.S. citizenship "are getting rejected at higher numbers than those who are not veterans."
True
By Miriam Valverde • June 7, 2019
Letitia James
Letitia James
stated on April 23, 2019 a news conference
"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2019
Quentin Miller
Quentin Miller
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech
Says an ICE detainer request "is not a valid warrant."
True
By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht • March 28, 2019
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 11, 2018 an MSNBC interview
Says the Trump administration transferred $10 million from FEMA to ICE.
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 13, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 26, 2018 a speech
"One out of every 30 people in the Greater Boston area is an illegal alien."
True
By Miriam Valverde • July 31, 2018
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 19, 2018 a speech
In 2017, ICE "arrested more than 127,000 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions or facing charges of breaking our nation's’ laws," and removed nearly 5,000 gang members.
True
By Miriam Valverde • July 25, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 17, 2018 a press conference
"Let’s talk about the facts and where we are today. There are still nearly 2,600 children who are separated from their parents" due to the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.
True
By Chris Nichols • July 19, 2018
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 21, 2018 in a monologue
"There isn't a system" for reuniting families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.
True
By John Kruzel • June 29, 2018
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 21, 2018 a headline
"Migrant mother and ‘crying girl’ on Time cover never separated."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2018 a tweet
"Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages."
True
By Amy Sherman • May 29, 2018
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