Latest Fact-Checks By Miriam Valverde

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Ann Coulter says Trump granted amnesty to nearly 100,000 ‘Dreamers.’ Is that true?

June 21, 2017

The Trump administration has granted amnesty to "nearly 100,000 'Dreamers' "

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No, Trump’s reported pick for USDA ‘chief scientist’ did not mock scientists

June 6, 2017

"Trump’s Top Scientist Pick: ‘Scientists Are Just Dumb Regular People That Think Dinosaurs Existed And The Earth Is Getting Warmer’"

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Are Nicaragua and Syria the only countries not to sign Paris Agreement?

June 1, 2017

"Syria and Nicaragua are the only nations that didn't sign the Paris Agreement. Nicaragua said it wasn't tough enough."

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Are there U.S. embassies in countries listed in Trump’s travel ban?

May 31, 2017

"Many of the countries in question (in Trump’s travel ban) don't even have a U.S. embassy there to help us vet."

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Jorge Ramos: Border communities some of the safest in the United States

May 17, 2017

"Some of the safest communities in the United States are along the border."

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Fact-check: AG Jeff Sessions claims district attorneys charge immigrants for lesser crimes

May 10, 2017

District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so…

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Republican senator from Arizona cites growth in U.S.-Mexico trade after NAFTA

April 28, 2017

"Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."

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Sessions says $4 billion a year in tax credits go mostly to Mexicans

April 27, 2017

Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."  

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Is illegal immigration the lowest in 17 years, as Trump said?

April 25, 2017

Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years."

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Trump falsely claims Obama policies to blame for growth of MS-13 gang in the U.S.

April 18, 2017

"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"

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Donald Trump attacks top Democrat in Georgia race, misleads on Jon Ossoff’s immigration stance

April 17, 2017

Says Jon Ossoff wants to "allow illegal immigration."

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