Latest Fact-Checks In Homeland Security

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Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet
"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 13, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet
The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 6, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on November 1, 2017 a White House press briefing
Says diversity visa immigrants are not vetted.
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 2, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on October 12, 2017 a speech
In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2017
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on October 9, 2017 a WSB-TV interview
A Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet
"Bob Corker gave us the Iran Deal."
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a document
"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2017 a rally
"So now they take drugs, literally, and they throw it, a hundred pounds of drugs. They throw it over the wall, they have catapults, but they throw it over the wall, and it lands and it hits somebody on the head."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on September 24, 2017 an interview
North Korea is "the fifth or fourth most sanctioned nation."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • September 27, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 17, 2017 an NBC interview
"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2017
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on September 21, 2017 a debate
DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Miriam Valverde • September 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 14, 2017 remarks to reporters
Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on September 13, 2017 a tweet
Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."
Mostly True
September 18, 2017
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on September 7, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it's 3 or 4 million, right?"  
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman
stated on September 6, 2017 an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show
"No court has held (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) unconstitutional."  
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 11, 2017
Jeff Denham
Jeff Denham
stated on September 5, 2017 an interview on NPR
Says Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators.
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on August 7, 2017 a press release
Chicago city officials "have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents."
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 16, 2017
Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Gorka
stated on August 8, 2017 an interview with MSNBC
"There's no such thing as a lone wolf. ... That was a phrase invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2017 a tweet
"United Nations Resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever on North Korea. Over one billion dollars in cost to N.K."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 28, 2017 a speech
"The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down -- it went up."
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2017
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