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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 18, 2021 a TV interview:
Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • November 15, 2021
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on October 28, 2021 Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • November 12, 2021
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on April 19, 2021 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Kids in cages" in border facilities are "at 700% capacity."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2021
Brandon Tatum
Brandon Tatum
stated on April 5, 2021 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
Veronica Escobar
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.”
Half-True
By Brandon Mulder • March 29, 2021
Richard Hudson
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."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • March 25, 2021
Alejandro Mayorkas
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.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021
Ashley Moody
Ashley Moody
stated on March 9, 2021 a Fox & Friends interview:
Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2021
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on January 23, 2021 a tweet:
President Joe Biden’s day one approach to immigration included "blanket amnesty and halting border wall construction."
Half-True
By Natalie Dunlap • February 17, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says a video shows Joe Biden boasted in 2006 “about voting for ‘700 miles of fence’” and “talking about immigration in some entirely different ways than he does today.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 26, 2021
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2020 a debate:
“I have been very clear with DACA. Even in my campaign six years ago I stood for those Dreamers.”
Half-True
By Madison Black • October 29, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 23, 2020 an image on Facebook:
A photo shows Barack Obama in front of “cages” built during his administration to hold migrants.
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • October 26, 2020
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on October 6, 2020 a debate:
Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 14, 2020
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on September 12, 2020 an advertisement:
Says he “strongly supports legalization for Dreamers.”
Half-True
By Brandon Mulder • October 3, 2020
NumbersUSA
NumbersUSA
stated on September 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2020
Lucy McBath
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."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2020
Donald Trump
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.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
Donald Trump
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.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a rally:
Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child
Half-True
By Mica Soellner • April 17, 2020
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