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Homeland Security

Scorecard

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0% 36 Checks
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0% 62 Checks
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0% 77 Checks
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0% 63 Checks
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0% 101 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Homeland Security

Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 26, 2026 an X post:
“Secret Service remains unpaid” during the partial government shutdown.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2026
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2024 a video on Facebook:
Drones reported in the U.S., including around the U.S. Capitol, have directed-energy weapons that have a “space-based laser generating system that can create pestilence.”
False
By Madison Czopek • December 17, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 29, 2024 an Instagram post:
The FBI admitted that Venezuela emptied its prisons and sent the inmates to the U.S.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • April 4, 2024
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 29, 2024 a press release:
“TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.”
Mostly True
By David Scibilia • February 21, 2024
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on January 19, 2024 an impeachment hearing:
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border
False
By Bayliss Wagner • February 12, 2024
Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson
stated on December 11, 2023 comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire:
China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Rebecca Catalanello • December 15, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2023 a Truth Social post:
“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 12, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 22, 2023 a TikTok video:
“Joe Biden grants voting rights to 500,000 invaders.”
False
By Madison Czopek • September 26, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on May 15, 2023 a TikTok video:
"Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border.
False
By Jeff Cercone • May 19, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 5, 2023 an Instagram post:
“‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.”
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • February 7, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2022 a post:
Video shows Sen. John Kennedy telling Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, “You will be impeached.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 15, 2022
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 23, 2022 a tweet:
“More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
Mostly True
By Megan Bevins, Pearse Costello • October 3, 2022
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on August 29, 2022 a tweet:
“There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.”
Mostly True
By Eleanor Kenneweg, Maxwell Bruce • October 3, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 21, 2022 an Instagram post:
“America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 30, 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2022 an image shared on Facebook:
The FBI “spent more time investigating” the Jan. 6 Capitol attack than 9/11.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • August 30, 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
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
X posts
X posts
stated on May 24, 2022 un tuit:
ICE está en Uvalde, Texas, “entonces los padres indocumentados tienen que temer la deportación antes de verificar si sus hijos están vivos".
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 26, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on May 24, 2022 a tweet:
ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.”
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 25, 2022
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Latest promises about Homeland Security

Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Enact domestic terrorism law
No new law enacted, but official strategy heightens focus on domestic terrorism | January 5, 2022
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Develop a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy
Obama makes progress on three-pronged cyber strategy | December 12, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Prevent corporate cyber-espionage
New laws, more money support this promise | January 16, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Prioritize security investments in refineries, pipelines and power grids
First steps being taken in long effort to fortify critical infrastructure | January 3, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Improve communications systems for first responders
$7 billion for broadband network on its way, but challenges persist | December 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Make security part of new infrastructure design
A deliberate move toward “resilience” in infrastructure | December 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Seek more information sharing on security between feds and localities
“Fusion centers” widespread, but questions about their effectiveness persist | December 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Strengthen Proliferation Security Initiative aimed at stopping spread of weapons of mass destruction
Rhetorical support for WMD-prevention program, but progress hard to document | November 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Limit term of director of national intelligence
No progress on changing the DNI’s term | January 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Initiate a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime
Legislation for grants passed, funded | January 13, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Increase funding for local emergency planning
More money in budget for first responders | January 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Seek more funding for transportation security
Administration boosts transit security, but not by as much as promised | January 2, 2010
Latest promises about Homeland Security