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Latest Fact-Checks In Homeland Security

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Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on March 14, 2021 a CNN interview:
"We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 17, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 an interview:
Says he requested “10,000 National Guardsmen” for his Jan. 6 rally, but Nancy Pelosi “rejected it.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 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 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 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 a tweet:
“Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 25, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2021 a Facebook post:
Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 25, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 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
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 1, 2021 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 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 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2020 a speech at the RNC:
Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 28, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 6, 2020 an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ:
Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2020 a text post:
“Portland goon squads were Blackwater contractors not federal officers.”
False
By Daniel Funke • July 29, 2020
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade
stated on July 2, 2020 an episode of "Fox & Friends":
The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 7, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 23, 2020 a Telemundo interview:
“80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • June 26, 2020
Erin Burnett
Erin Burnett
stated on June 1, 2020 remarks on her CNN show:
If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Ron Johnson and 36 other senators “voted for federal agencies to have access to your internet history without obtaining a warrant.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • May 21, 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
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