Latest Fact-Checks In Border Security

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Citizens for Sanity
Citizens for Sanity
stated on October 7, 2022 an ad
“Every single Senate Democrat voted against hiring more border agents. They voted against deporting felons. And they voted against ending catch and release.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 21, 2022
Adam Laxalt
Adam Laxalt
stated on August 8, 2022 a statement
The public health order Title 42 is "the last tool Border Patrol has to stop the overwhelming flood of illegal immigrants pouring into our country.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 31, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 10, 2022 News release
Says Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes “supports abolishing ICE.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • August 29, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on July 18, 2022 Twitter
"With three months remaining in the Fiscal Year, (the border patrol) has already encountered more illegal immigrants along the Southwest border" than in any previous fiscal year.
Mostly True
By Vanessa Swales • August 18, 2022
Tomi Lahren
Tomi Lahren
stated on July 25, 2022 a tweet
“Biden wants to give illegals ID cards so they can start collecting American benefits.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 5, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2022 Facebook post
This is the 911 call placed by the migrants trapped in the truck found in San Antonio.
False
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2022 Facebook post
Esta grabación muestra una llamada al 911 de los migrantes atrapados en un camión en San Antonio, Texas.
False
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 30, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 21, 2022 an Instagram post
"The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • June 30, 2022
Mark Brnovich
Mark Brnovich
stated on May 23, 2022 a tweet
Increased encounters at the southwest border in April 2022 compared to April 2020 are attributable to changes in border policy.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 2, 2022
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on May 4, 2022 a Senate hearing
“The vast majority of individuals that we’re releasing out are not showing up for hearings.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 17, 2022
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on April 26, 2022 Twitter
“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • May 17, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2022 a press release
Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • May 13, 2022
Tim Westley
Tim Westley
stated on March 30, 2022 an interview
"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • April 25, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 4, 2022 News release
Federal border officials are allowing undocumented immigrants who are “known criminals who possess an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft (which) threatens our homeland security.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 4, 2022
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on February 20, 2022 a tweet
January 2022 fentanyl seizures show "illicit drugs are flowing into the country at an alarming rate because of Biden’s open border.”
Mostly False
February 24, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on February 14, 2022 a tweet
"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 21, 2022
Ronny Jackson
Ronny Jackson
stated on January 16, 2022 a tweet
"In 2022, illegal immigrants will have MORE FREEDOMS and easier access to healthcare and ballot boxes than most Americans... Just think about that."
Pants on Fire!
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 31, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2021 Twitter
Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • December 14, 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
Mary Miller
Mary Miller
stated on October 23, 2021 a tweet
The migrant caravan from Tapachula, Mexico “is the population of Minneapolis.”
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 31, 2021
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