Latest Fact-Checks In Homeland Security

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Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera
stated on December 12, 2016 an interview on Fox News' Hannity
Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2016
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on November 16, 2016 an interview with McClatchy's Washington bureau
"NAFTA allows a lot of trucks from Mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to have open borders."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2016 a CNN town hall
"If you look worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents have not substantially increased."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"ICE just endorsed me."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 10, 2016
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on October 4, 2016 a TV ad pointed out to PolitiFact Texas
Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech
Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
stated on April 20, 2016 a political advertisement
Says former state Sen. Kelli Ward "wanted to ban our intelligence agencies from operating in Arizona."
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • May 11, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview
Says President Barack Obama’s homeland security budget had "$16 million to fight climate change" but "didn't have a line item to fight violent extremism."  
Mostly False
December 18, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • December 6, 2015
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on November 17, 2015 a news conference
The United States has "10,000 IRS agents making sure that you don't take an improper charity deduction," but to fight terrorism, it has "less than two dozen people focusing on countering violent extremism at home."    
Mostly False
November 25, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 18, 2015 a tweet
"8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour • November 20, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 16, 2015 an official statement posted on Facebook.
"There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 19, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2015 a speech
Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."
Mostly False
June 25, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC
"There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 5, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on September 17, 2014 an ad
Says Michelle Nunn is "for amnesty."
Mostly False
By April Hunt • October 7, 2014
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 a phone conference
"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on August 23, 2013 a tweet.
Says Ken Cuccinelli supported a law that could allow people to carry missile launchers into airports.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • September 3, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on July 5, 2012 a Facebook post
"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 24, 2012 a chain email forwarded by a reader.
Says the Department of Homeland Security has ordered "enough rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to kill every man, woman and child in the United States," possibly to combat "massive civil unrest" or "an invasion by a foreign power."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2012
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