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Immigration

The administration said it arrested more than 4,000 immigrants in Minnesota, but it didn’t provide details on all of them. The White House didn’t prove that the drop in crimes were due to those arrests.

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 26, 2026 una publicación en Instagram:
Imagen muestra que “950 inmigrantes derrumbaron el muro fronterizo entre México y Estados Unidos intentando ingresar a Estados Unidos” en abril 2026.
False
By Maria Briceño • April 30, 2026
Brandon Gill
Brandon Gill
stated on April 7, 2026 an X post:
“The Dignity Act is mass amnesty.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • April 13, 2026
Commonwealth Together PAC
Commonwealth Together PAC
stated on April 8, 2026 an online ad:
“Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 13, 2026
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2026 a Facebook post:
Video shows ICE agent removing “US citizen on a plane for being Latino.”
False
By Maria Briceño • March 30, 2026
Ashley Moody
Ashley Moody
stated on March 3, 2026 a Senate hearing:
The Biden administration "reversed" a policy of deporting people in the country illegally who have committed felonies.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 an interview on NBC:
Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 publicaciones en redes sociales:
“Durante su presentación en el Super Bowl, Bad Bunny le regaló su premio Grammy a Liam Conejo Ramos”, el niño de 5 años que fue detenido por ICE.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 posts:
During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 an interview with Dan Bongino:
Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2026
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on January 22, 2026 a press conference:
"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on January 25, 2026 an X post:
An image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 27, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 a speech in Davos:
Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 25, 2026 posts:
Evan Kilgore is one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • January 26, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 24, 2026 posts:
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Only criminals carry guns on our streets, we need law and order.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 una entrevista:
“No están recibiendo el entrenamiento tradicional de cinco meses… .El entrenamiento para los agentes de ICE ahora es de 47 días”.
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 15, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 social media posts:
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 12, 2026
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 an interview:
“They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.”
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 12, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 7, 2026 social media posts:
Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • January 8, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 7, 2026 social media posts:
Viral photo shows the woman killed by an ICE agent Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 8, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 a press conference:
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2026
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Latest promises about Immigration

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Restore and expand the travel ban
Trump restores and expands his first-term travel bans | March 6, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Create a victims’ compensation fund of “migrant crime” from seized gang assets
President Donald Trump stalls on promise to create a fund for victims of ‘migrant crime’ | February 19, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Revoke the Temporary Legal Status of Haitians
Trump’s promise to revoke TPS for Haitians stalls in court | February 16, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history
Where does President Donald Trump’s mass deportation promise stand one year into his administration? | January 23, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
End birthright citizenship
Supreme Court rolls back nationwide block on birthright citizenship order, legal fight continues | June 30, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Finish the border wall
Trump makes progress on border wall with projects to add over 80 miles of new barriers | June 25, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
State Department designates six cartels and two gangs as foreign terrorist organizations | February 26, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Restore Remain in Mexico program
President Donald Trump begins process for reinstating Remain in Mexico program | January 21, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Provide assistance to Northern Triangle countries
Biden found compromise in promise to invest $4 billion in Central American to mitigate immigration | January 8, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Protect military personnel and veterans from deportation
Joe Biden compromises on promise to protect military personnel and veterans from deportation | December 30, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people
Biden broke his promise to provide citizenship to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally | December 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Double number of immigration judges and staff
Joe Biden hired more immigration judges, but didn’t double their ranks | December 6, 2024
Latest promises about Immigration