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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 4, 2021 in an interview:
“In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country."
False
By Brandon Mulder • September 3, 2021
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 16, 2021 in a radio show segment:
Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 2021
Gary Sides
Gary Sides
stated on August 3, 2021 in a school board meeting:
The United States' southern border is "basically open" and is "a super spreader event.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 13, 2021
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on August 7, 2021 in an interview:
The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S.
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • August 13, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference:
Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on July 26, 2021 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden “is restricting travel for Americans into Mexico, but is keeping the border wide open for illegal aliens to walk right into our country.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
There are “22 million illegal aliens living in America and ... voting illegally.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 27, 2021
Terri Bryant
Terri Bryant
stated on July 13, 2021 in a radio interview:
“You may be 55 years old in [Illinois] and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55 or older, you’re eligible for Medicaid.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 20, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:
“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."
False
By Brandon Mulder • July 2, 2021
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview:
“We see an uncompleted wall that was duly appropriated dollars during the Trump days to build over 700 miles. Only 150 miles were constructed.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • June 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2021 in social media posts:
“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • May 26, 2021
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on April 19, 2021 in an op-ed:
“One of (Joe Biden’s) first acts in office was sending an immigration bill to Congress to grant mass amnesty to illegal immigrants.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 28, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 19, 2021 in an interview on Fox News:
“Human trafficking and drugs” at the Mexico border have “doubled, tripled and quadrupled” since Joe Biden became president.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The Biden Administration is buying Kamala Harris’ book with our taxpayer dollars.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 7, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says the nation is locked down and there’s “a wide open border.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • April 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Kids in cages" in border facilities are "at 700% capacity."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on March 24, 2021 in Twitter:
“We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • April 12, 2021
Brandon Tatum
Brandon Tatum
stated on April 5, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Kids at the border: 2,600 highest number Trump, 12,000 currently under Biden.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 9, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 5, 2021 in a blog post:
“Report: Biden administration busing ‘thousands’ of illegals to red states to get permanent status.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2021
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