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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 in a CPAC speech:
Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations, everyone, murderers, everybody, no more.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 1, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter:
“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 1, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech:
The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 26, 2021
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet:
“Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 25, 2021
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on January 23, 2021 in 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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall:
“For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 17, 2021
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on February 8, 2021 in a TV segment:
“You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • February 15, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 4, 2021 in a Senate speech:
“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 1, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview:
"A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 3, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2021 in 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 18, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says Maxine Waters said Trump supporters are “not welcome here” and “we must welcome everyone who crosses our borders.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2021
Restoration PAC
Restoration PAC
stated on January 20, 2021 in a post:
Says President Joe Biden sparked a migrant caravan from Honduras and questioned the loyalty of U.S. troops at the inauguration.
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • January 25, 2021
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview:
Says Jon Ossoff "wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech:
“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2020
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2020 in 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 in 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2020 in an image:
Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.
False
By Daniel Funke • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 30, 2020 in a post:
“Federal law requires people to speak English to be naturalized as American citizens.”
Mostly True
By Ilana Strauss • October 19, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:
Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 16, 2020
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on October 6, 2020 in 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
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