Latest Stories By Maria Ramirez Uribe

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 100-day rally in Warren, Michigan

President Donald Trump’s speech in Warren, Michigan, marking his 100th day in office sounded a lot like something Trump clearly loves: a good old-fashioned campaign rally.  During the April 29 speech, Trump touted a record number of executive orders, efforts to slash the federal workforce and deportations of immigrants in the United States illegally, spotlighted […]
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Cómo falsedades y engaños impulsaron la agenda migratoria de Trump en sus primeros 100 días

En sus primeros 100 días, el presidente Donald Trump invocó leyes de inmigración arcaicas, cuestionó el poder de los jueces para fallar en su contra en casos de inmigración e intentó terminar varias vías legales de inmigración.  Trump comenzó a forjar sus planes de inmigración mucho antes de su toma de posesión el 20 de […]
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How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump’s immigration crackdown in his first 100 days

In his first 100 days back in office, President Donald Trump invoked archaic immigration laws, questioned judges’ power to rule against him on immigration cases and attempted to end several legal immigration pathways.  Trump began laying the groundwork for his immigration plans long before his Jan. 20 inauguration. For years, Trump and his allies have […]
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Trump holds document about Abrego Garcia 4-18-25

Trump skewed the facts about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, MS-13 gang and deportation

After President Donald Trump’s administration admitted in court it had deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in “error,” Trump described the 29-year-old deportee as a dangerous man. Democrats and the media portray Abrego Garcia as “innocent,” which is a “total, blatant, and dangerous LIE,” Trump wrote in an April 20 Truth Social post. […]
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Fact-checking Nayib Bukele and Trump officials on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation

President Donald Trump’s April 14 public meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele centered on the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.  Trump administration officials and Bukele said Abrego Garcia would not be returned to the U.S, four days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return.  […]
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Elon Musk’s ‘mind-blowing’ chart isn’t new: People with work permits get Social Security numbers

Billionaire businessman and White House adviser Elon Musk and his colleague, venture capitalist Antonio Gracias, said they uncovered “crazy” information about Social Security and immigrants.  “This is a mind-blowing chart,” Musk said at a March 30 campaign event for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, pointing to data that showed the number of noncitizens who received […]
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ICE agent 01-27-25

Ask PolitiFact: What evidence does the government need to deport green card, visa holders?

A Columbia University activist with a green card, a Georgetown University academic with a student visa, a Brown University kidney transplant specialist with a work visa: They are among the people who, despite having legal permission to be in the U.S., have recently been detained by immigration authorities or denied entry to the U.S. at […]
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Tren de Aragua: Que sabemos sobre la pandilla venezolana que Trump designó como terrorista

El Presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele publicó un video de cientos de migrantes de EE.UU. llegando en aviones a El Salvador, esposados, en grilletes, con la cabeza agachada y bajo alta vigilancia. El video muestra que ellos rápidamente fueron llevados por oficiales a la prisión de máxima seguridad, el Centro de Confinamiento Terrorista, donde […]
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Trump at Kennedy Center March 17, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no.

As justification for deporting some immigrants in the country illegally without due process, President Donald Trump said the U.S. is under invasion.  “Evidence irrefutably demonstrates that (Tren de Aragua) has invaded the United States,” a March 15 White House proclamation said. Tren de Aragua is a Venezuela-based gang with some U.S. presence. The proclamation says […]
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The facts behind the 19 programs President Donald Trump described as ‘waste’

Ten million dollars for male circumcision in Mozambique, $8 million to make “mice transgender,” and $20 million for “the Arab Sesame Street in the Middle East.” For three minutes during his 100-minute address to Congress March 4, President Donald Trump ticked off 19 government spending items that he described as “appalling waste” rooted out by […]
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Verificando el discurso del presidente Donald Trump ante el Congreso

El presidente Donald Trump recapituló seis semanas de esfuerzos agresivos para cortar la cifra de los trabajadores federales, reorganizar la economía y reorientar la política exterior durante su primer discurso en una sesión conjunta del Congreso.  El discurso del 4 de marzo fue largo según estándares históricos – alrededor de 1 hora y 40 minutos […]
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What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise?

In President Donald Trump’s first month back in office, the U.S. expanded old tactics and found new partners to help carry out his promised historic deportation efforts.  Phil McGraw, the former daytime TV host, brought cameras as agents arrested people in Chicago. Trump entered diplomatic deportation agreements with other countries so they take deported migrants. […]
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