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All Fact-checks for Border Security

stated on June 28, 2022 in Facebook post

This is the 911 call placed by the migrants trapped in the truck found in San Antonio, Texas.

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stated on June 28, 2022 in Facebook post

Esta grabación muestra una llamada al 911 de los migrantes atrapados en un camión en San Antonio, Texas.

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stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post

"The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."

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stated on May 23, 2022 in a tweet

Increased encounters at the southwest border in April 2022 compared to April 2020 are attributable to changes in border policy.

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stated on May 4, 2022 in a Senate hearing

“The vast majority of individuals that we’re releasing out are not showing up for hearings.”

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stated on April 26, 2022 in Twitter

“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”

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stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release

Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”

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stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview

"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.

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stated on February 4, 2022 in News release

Federal border officials are allowing undocumented immigrants who are “known criminals who possess an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft (which) threatens our homeland security.”

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Republican National Committee

stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet

January 2022 fentanyl seizures show "illicit drugs are flowing into the country at an alarming rate because of Biden’s open border.”

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stated on February 14, 2022 in a tweet

"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."

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stated on January 16, 2022 in a tweet

"In 2022, illegal immigrants will have MORE FREEDOMS and easier access to healthcare and ballot boxes than most Americans... Just think about that."

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stated on November 30, 2021 in Twitter

Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”

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stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter

Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”

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stated on October 23, 2021 in a tweet

The migrant caravan from Tapachula, Mexico “is the population of Minneapolis.”

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stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference

“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."

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stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview

“We see an uncompleted wall that was duly appropriated dollars during the Trump days to build over 700 miles. Only 150 miles were constructed.”

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stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference

“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”

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stated on April 7, 2021 in a Facebook post

Says the nation is locked down and there’s “a wide open border.”

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stated on March 24, 2021 in Twitter

“We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”

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Fact-checking Greg Abbott’s claims that Biden has ‘open border’ policies

Fact-checking Greg Abbott’s claims that Biden has ‘open border’ policies

By Nusaiba Mizan • April 26, 2022

A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants

A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants

By Nusaiba Mizan • January 10, 2022

What we know about images of Border Patrol and Haitian migrants

What we know about images of Border Patrol and Haitian migrants

By Amy Sherman • September 24, 2021

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

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

By Amy Sherman • July 2, 2021

What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

By Miriam Valverde • April 12, 2021

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2021

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