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Republican National Committee stated on July 22, 2024 in a video:

President Joe Biden appointed "Kamala Harris to be his border czar to deal with illegal immigration … Harris was put in charge of stopping illegal immigration."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 24, 2024

Adam Laxalt stated on November 20, 2022 in an ad:

“Biden and Democrats have dismantled border security.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 3, 2022

Facebook posts stated on September 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“The Obama Foundation stored classified documents in an abandoned furniture warehouse.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 6, 2022

Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2021 in a statement to the media:

"We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021

Ashley Hinson stated on January 23, 2021 in a tweet:

President Joe Biden’s day one approach to immigration included "blanket amnesty and halting border wall construction."

By Natalie Dunlap • February 17, 2021

Joe Biden stated on February 14, 2020 in an interview with Jorge Ramos:

“You had the last two administrations deport twice as many people as we deported — twice as many.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 13, 2020

Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019

Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors.

By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 8, 2019

Donald Trump stated on January 8, 2019 in a televised speech:

Says Sen. Charles Schumer "repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected president."

By Manuela Tobias • January 9, 2019

Bloggers stated on December 22, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"October 2013, Obama shut down the government for 16 days to force Obamacare."

By Jon Greenberg • January 2, 2019

Bloggers stated on December 17, 2018 in a blog post:

Says Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2014 "helped put together and signed a $25 billion deal to fund a border wall" and now opposes Trump's $5 billion request for a border wall "just because he's a Republican."

By John Kruzel • December 20, 2018

Congressional Leadership Fund stated on October 26, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Dan Feehan "would vote with Pelosi for open borders and amnesty, putting Minnesota families at risk."

By Stephen Koff • October 29, 2018

Future45 stated on October 16, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Voting for "any Democrat" gets you "socialism ... undefended open borders ... immediate tax increases ... 100 percent government-run health care ..."

By Manuela Tobias • October 24, 2018

Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post:

"Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’"

By Bill McCarthy • June 25, 2018

Ted Cruz stated on June 11, 2018 in an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:

"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2018

Mike Pence stated on April 25, 2018 in a speech:

"Illegal crossings at our southern border have been cut by over 40 percent."

By D.L. Davis • May 11, 2018

Ron DeSantis stated on May 2, 2018 in during an interview:

Says Adam Putnam "opposed bringing troops, putting troops on our southern border using the National Guard."

By Allison Graves • May 7, 2018

Brian Kemp stated on March 5, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says he "fought Obama twice and won to stop illegal immigrants from voting."

By Miriam Valverde • March 21, 2018

Mick Mulvaney stated on April 23, 2017 in a segment on "Fox News Sunday":

"They voted for (a border wall) in 2006. Then-Senator Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it."

By Allison Graves • April 23, 2017

Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:

The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration.

By Miriam Valverde • September 6, 2016

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Who is Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s ‘border czar’? And what has he said about mass deportations?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 13, 2024

Donald Trump claps at Doral, Fla., rally, 7-9-2024

A guide to Trump’s 2nd term promises: immigration, economy, foreign policy and more

By Ian McKinney, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2024

GOP governors answer Texas’ call to send forces to the border. But what is their role?

By Amy Sherman • July 2, 2021

Donald Trump’s border wall: how much has been built?

By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweets about the border, DACA

By Miriam Valverde • April 2, 2018

What costs more, soldiers’ Viagra or transgender health care? What about Mar-a-Lago trips?

By Joshua Gillin • July 27, 2017

PolitiFact Sheet: Understanding Ted Cruz’s health care amendment and pre-existing conditions

By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2017

Barack Obama’s top 25 campaign promises: How’d he do?

By Linda Qiu • January 5, 2017

Mailbag: Nitpickers, or ‘masters of understatement’?

By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2011

Checking Obama, Paul, gas prices and border fence

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2011

Flashback: Obama, the Mexico border and Shariah law

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2011

President Obama’s promises: the Top 25

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 14, 2009

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Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future

By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • June 5, 2025

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Did Joe Biden keep these 99 promises? We reviewed his presidential record

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 14, 2025

Tim Walz and JD Vance shake hands bwefore their debate in New York, 10-1-2024

VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration

By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024

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Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign promises: Here are her plans for the presidency

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2024

Trump in Erie, PA, for promise story, 9-29-2024

Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign promises: Here’s his vision for a second term

By Ian McKinney, Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2024

Biden and Harris for valedictory story, 8-19-2024

As Joe Biden prepares to speak at the DNC, what has he accomplished as president?

By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2024

A view of the stage at the National Association of Black Journalists Conference in Chicago, 7-31-2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump in Chicago at National Association of Black Journalists conference

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • July 31, 2024

Donald Trump raised fist, red tie, RNC in Milwaukee, 7-18-2024

Donald Trump fact-check: 2024 RNC speech in Milwaukee full of falsehoods about immigrants, economy

By PolitiFact Staff • July 19, 2024