Latest Fact Checks By Miriam Valverde

GOP lawmaker claims FBI purged training documents. Here’s what we found

By Miriam Valverde

December 15, 2017

Says the Obama administration purged "training courses and information about Islamism, jihad, Sharia, and the Muslim Brotherhood."

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Donald Trump falsely claims Hillary Clinton lied to FBI

By Miriam Valverde

December 5, 2017

"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."

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Rep. Blackburn claims Phoenix murder rate decline linked to sanctuary city policy drop

By Miriam Valverde

November 17, 2017

"When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."

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Rep. Joaquin Castro claims TPS end will lead to $164B GDP loss over a decade

By Miriam Valverde

November 13, 2017

"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."

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Alyssa Milano: no background checks in Texas for long gun sales. Is that true?

By Miriam Valverde

November 6, 2017

"There are no background checks on long guns (AR15s) in Texas."

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GOP Sen. David Perdue says diversity visa lottery ‘plagued by fraud’

By Miriam Valverde

November 6, 2017

The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud."

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Diversity visa applicants are vetted, despite contrary claim from White House press secretary

By Miriam Valverde

November 2, 2017

Says diversity visa immigrants are not vetted.

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Is diversity visa program a ‘Schumer beauty,’ as Donald Trump says?

By Louis Jacobson , Miriam Valverde

November 1, 2017

Says the diversity visa lottery program is "a Chuck Schumer beauty."

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No data to support claim that HIV/AIDS has spiked due to fentanyl and heroin use

By Miriam Valverde

October 31, 2017

Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."

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Jeff Sessions claims asylum system rampant with fraud and abuse

By Miriam Valverde

October 19, 2017

In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."

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Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle misleads in claim about homicides, sanctuary cities

By Miriam Valverde

October 12, 2017

A Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security."

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Donald Trump omits facts in claim about loopholes, unaccompanied minors

By Miriam Valverde

October 11, 2017

"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."

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