Fact Check Posts – Page 3

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stated on April 15, 2019 a Facebook post

"Border guards found 52 tons of guns and ammunition in 14 Conex containers disguised as furniture. This ‘furniture’ is from Muslim immigrants who have come to America"

April 25, 2019

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stated on April 3, 2019 a Facebook post

A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox.

April 10, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2019 posts on the Internet

"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."

By Liz Newton, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • March 27, 2019

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stated on February 28, 2019 a post on the Internet

"Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on January 21, 2019 Facebook posts

"18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.

By Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2019

Bloggers
stated on January 13, 2019 a blog post

"BREAKING: Trump family donates $1 billion to wall fund."

By Miriam Valverde • January 15, 2019

Bloggers
stated on December 26, 2018 a Facebook post

Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration.

By Samantha Putterman • January 2, 2019

Bloggers
stated on December 13, 2018 a Facebook post

Uses a picture of a mansion to say that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lives surrounded by "a high perimeter wall with gun toting security."

By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2018

Bloggers
stated on November 26, 2018 a post on Facebook

Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax."

By Samantha Putterman • November 29, 2018

Lou Dobbs
stated on November 15, 2018 on Fox Business Network

"We are watching, you know, millions of illegal immigrants cross our borders, and many of them voting in the past election that's what, just a couple weeks ago."

By John Kruzel • November 16, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2018 a tweet

"Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him stay."

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018

Future45
stated on October 16, 2018 a campaign ad

Voting for "any Democrat" gets you "socialism ... undefended open borders ... immediate tax increases ... 100 percent government-run health care ..."

By Manuela Tobias • October 24, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2018 a rally in Elko, Nev.

In California, "they're rioting now" over sanctuary cities.

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2018 a rally in Elko, Nev.

Says Democrats "want to give (undocumented immigrants) cars."

By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2018

Ken Paxton
stated on August 26, 2018 an interview on Fox & Friends

Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on July 5, 2018 a news release

Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement."

July 13, 2018

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stated on June 28, 2018 a Facebook post

Says Maxine Waters told CNN, "SCOTUS pick should be illegal immigrant."

By Bill McCarthy • July 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on July 2, 2018 a tweet

Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13."

By Chris Nichols • July 3, 2018

Corey Stewart
stated on June 30, 2018 in a Facebook live video

"Tim Kaine doesn’t want a border at all. He wants to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and basically the border patrol as well."

By Bill McCarthy • July 3, 2018

Adam Putnam
stated on June 28, 2018 a Fox News Debate

Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."

By Amy Sherman, Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • June 29, 2018

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