Latest Fact-checks in Border Security Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa: Las cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”. Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.” TikTok posts stated on June 20, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok: “Donald Trump acaba de firmar una nueva orden que pone al país en alerta máxima y sella las fronteras para todos los residentes” el 1 de julio. TikTok posts stated on June 28, 2025 in a TikTok post: President Donald Trump signed an executive order for “a total border shutdown with no set reopening date” on July 1. Social Media stated on April 30, 2025 in a Facebook post: “In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.” Instagram posts stated on January 20, 2025 in a post: “ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.” Nancy Pelosi stated on November 9, 2024 in an interview: “Fewer people came in under President Biden than came under Donald Trump.” Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview: “We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.” Kari Lake stated on September 27, 2024 in a TV interview: Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.” Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: “We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.” 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." Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview: “(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.” Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans . stated on June 25, 2024 in Facebook post: “Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream: Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA." Donald Trump stated on June 6, 2024 in a campaign rally: Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.” Marco Rubio stated on May 19, 2024 in an interview: The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.” Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a speech: “Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.” Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in a speech: A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be OK with this happening in a Third World country. This is the United States of America.” Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview: “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.” Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” X posts stated on February 8, 2024 in una publicación en X: En una entrevista con Tucker Carlson, el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin dijo que el tema de la frontera sur de Estados Unidos le parece "irónicamente divertido". TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok: "El Senado de EE. UU. ha dado luz verde a un acuerdo que cierra inmediatamente las fronteras del país y limitará todas las peticiones de asilo y apelaciones”. Steve Scalise stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X: The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.” TikTok posts stated on January 31, 2024 in a TikTok video: Russian United Nations representative Vasily Nebenzya spoke about Russia supplying weapons to Texas to use in its border dispute with the Biden administration. TikTok posts stated on January 23, 2024 in en una publicación en TikTok: Movsum Samadov "condenado por 12 años en prision por tratar de derrocar a su gobierno" entró a EEUU "por la frontera". Instagram posts stated on January 28, 2024 in an Instagram post: Video shows people “heading to Texas to stop the Biden Border Invasion.” Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows a convicted terrorist, Movsum Samadov, coming to the U.S. through the southern border. MAGA Inc stated on January 8, 2024 in an ad: "Nikki Haley refused to call illegals criminals" and "repeatedly pushed amnesty for illegals." Glenn Grothman stated on December 1, 2023 in Speech: “Our government, wrongly, is saying if you’re born in this country you’re automatically an American citizen.” Nikki Haley stated on January 5, 2024 in an Iowa PBS interview: “We’ve had 8 million” immigrants come to the U.S. illegally under Biden “and they only sent back 142,000.”
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Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa: Las cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”. Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.” TikTok posts stated on June 20, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok: “Donald Trump acaba de firmar una nueva orden que pone al país en alerta máxima y sella las fronteras para todos los residentes” el 1 de julio. TikTok posts stated on June 28, 2025 in a TikTok post: President Donald Trump signed an executive order for “a total border shutdown with no set reopening date” on July 1. Social Media stated on April 30, 2025 in a Facebook post: “In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.” Instagram posts stated on January 20, 2025 in a post: “ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.” Nancy Pelosi stated on November 9, 2024 in an interview: “Fewer people came in under President Biden than came under Donald Trump.” Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview: “We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.” Kari Lake stated on September 27, 2024 in a TV interview: Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.” Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: “We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.” 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." Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview: “(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.” Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans . stated on June 25, 2024 in Facebook post: “Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream: Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA." Donald Trump stated on June 6, 2024 in a campaign rally: Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.” Marco Rubio stated on May 19, 2024 in an interview: The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.” Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a speech: “Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.” Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in a speech: A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be OK with this happening in a Third World country. This is the United States of America.” Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview: “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.” Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” X posts stated on February 8, 2024 in una publicación en X: En una entrevista con Tucker Carlson, el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin dijo que el tema de la frontera sur de Estados Unidos le parece "irónicamente divertido". TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok: "El Senado de EE. UU. ha dado luz verde a un acuerdo que cierra inmediatamente las fronteras del país y limitará todas las peticiones de asilo y apelaciones”. Steve Scalise stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X: The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.” TikTok posts stated on January 31, 2024 in a TikTok video: Russian United Nations representative Vasily Nebenzya spoke about Russia supplying weapons to Texas to use in its border dispute with the Biden administration. TikTok posts stated on January 23, 2024 in en una publicación en TikTok: Movsum Samadov "condenado por 12 años en prision por tratar de derrocar a su gobierno" entró a EEUU "por la frontera". Instagram posts stated on January 28, 2024 in an Instagram post: Video shows people “heading to Texas to stop the Biden Border Invasion.” Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows a convicted terrorist, Movsum Samadov, coming to the U.S. through the southern border. MAGA Inc stated on January 8, 2024 in an ad: "Nikki Haley refused to call illegals criminals" and "repeatedly pushed amnesty for illegals." Glenn Grothman stated on December 1, 2023 in Speech: “Our government, wrongly, is saying if you’re born in this country you’re automatically an American citizen.” Nikki Haley stated on January 5, 2024 in an Iowa PBS interview: “We’ve had 8 million” immigrants come to the U.S. illegally under Biden “and they only sent back 142,000.”
Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa: Las cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”.
Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.”
TikTok posts stated on June 20, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok: “Donald Trump acaba de firmar una nueva orden que pone al país en alerta máxima y sella las fronteras para todos los residentes” el 1 de julio.
TikTok posts stated on June 28, 2025 in a TikTok post: President Donald Trump signed an executive order for “a total border shutdown with no set reopening date” on July 1.
Social Media stated on April 30, 2025 in a Facebook post: “In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.”
Instagram posts stated on January 20, 2025 in a post: “ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on November 9, 2024 in an interview: “Fewer people came in under President Biden than came under Donald Trump.”
Kari Lake stated on September 27, 2024 in a TV interview: Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.”
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: “We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
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."
Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview: “(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”
Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans . stated on June 25, 2024 in Facebook post: “Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream: Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA."
Donald Trump stated on June 6, 2024 in a campaign rally: Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.”
Marco Rubio stated on May 19, 2024 in an interview: The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.”
Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a speech: “Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.”
Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in a speech: A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be OK with this happening in a Third World country. This is the United States of America.”
Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview: “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview: “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”
X posts stated on February 8, 2024 in una publicación en X: En una entrevista con Tucker Carlson, el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin dijo que el tema de la frontera sur de Estados Unidos le parece "irónicamente divertido".
TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok: "El Senado de EE. UU. ha dado luz verde a un acuerdo que cierra inmediatamente las fronteras del país y limitará todas las peticiones de asilo y apelaciones”.
Steve Scalise stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X: The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.”
TikTok posts stated on January 31, 2024 in a TikTok video: Russian United Nations representative Vasily Nebenzya spoke about Russia supplying weapons to Texas to use in its border dispute with the Biden administration.
TikTok posts stated on January 23, 2024 in en una publicación en TikTok: Movsum Samadov "condenado por 12 años en prision por tratar de derrocar a su gobierno" entró a EEUU "por la frontera".
Instagram posts stated on January 28, 2024 in an Instagram post: Video shows people “heading to Texas to stop the Biden Border Invasion.”
Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows a convicted terrorist, Movsum Samadov, coming to the U.S. through the southern border.
MAGA Inc stated on January 8, 2024 in an ad: "Nikki Haley refused to call illegals criminals" and "repeatedly pushed amnesty for illegals."
Glenn Grothman stated on December 1, 2023 in Speech: “Our government, wrongly, is saying if you’re born in this country you’re automatically an American citizen.”
Nikki Haley stated on January 5, 2024 in an Iowa PBS interview: “We’ve had 8 million” immigrants come to the U.S. illegally under Biden “and they only sent back 142,000.”
