Latest Fact-checks in Immigration 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 Eric Hovde stated on September 5, 2024 in Campaign ad: Says Democratic opponent Tammy Baldwin "gave stimulus checks to illegals." Donald Trump stated on October 4, 2024 in a conversation with reporters: The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.” Eric Hovde stated on October 3, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: "FEMA is out of money and doesn't have money to transfer to those people affected by the hurricane ... they used the money to assist illegal immigrants." X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in una publicación en X: “Kamala Harris permitió la entrada a Estados Unidos de 13.000 extranjeros ilegales condenados por asesinato". Elon Musk stated on October 2, 2024 in a post on X: With U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CBP One app, it “takes less than 5 minutes and zero documentation to get approved as an illegal immigrant and be flown to the United States with air tickets paid for by the American taxpayer.” JD Vance stated on October 1, 2024 in a debate: Says immigrants with temporary protections in Springfield, Ohio, are “illegal immigrants.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA: Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them." Donald Trump Jr. stated on September 9, 2024 in a post: “Less than three months ago, Kamala Harris and her administration blocked 300,000 unvetted Haitian migrants from being deported out of our country." Tim Sheehy stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: U.S. Sen. Jon Tester “voted to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants." Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2024 in an Instagram post: The government is arming “illegal immigrants.” JD Vance stated on September 10, 2024 in an interview: “Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio. Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York: When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter." JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview: In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.” Dave McCormick stated on September 13, 2024 in an X post: Charleroi, Pennsylvania, “has grown by 2,000% due to an influx in migrants.” Kari Lake stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X: Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’” Bernie Moreno stated on September 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.” Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad: “Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as border czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your Social Security benefits." X posts stated on September 14, 2024 in una publicación en X: Este es “vídeo de una inmigrante haitiana que asesinó y se comió al gato de sus vecinos” en Springfield, Ohio. Instagram posts stated on September 8, 2024 in Instagram posts: Immigrants get $2,000 each time they cross the border illegally. Instagram posts stated on September 9, 2024 in Instagram posts: A Haitian woman was arrested in Springfield, Ohio, for eating a cat. Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2024 in at a Sept. 10 presidential debate: "In Springfield (Ohio), they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating, they're eating the pets of the people that live there.” Social Media stated on September 6, 2024 in in social media posts: Haitian immigrants are eating pets and wildlife in Springfield, Ohio. X posts stated on September 3, 2024 in una publicación en X: “Un grupo de 32 venezolanos armados tomaron esta noche un edificio de apartamentos en Chicago”. National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on August 28, 2024 in an Instagram ad: Elissa Slotkin “gave your hard-earned tax money to illegal immigrants.” X posts stated on September 3, 2024 in X posts: A group of 32 armed Venezuelans took over an apartment building in Chicago. JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A zero-tolerance policy during the Trump administration "led to less family separation than under Kamala Harris' border policies.” Social Media stated on August 29, 2024 in a post on Instagram: “BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.” Bernie Moreno stated on August 20, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “give illegals taxpayer funded stimulus checks, health care, even Social Security." X posts stated on August 29, 2024 in an X post: Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia. Mike Rogers stated on August 27, 2024 in a campaign rally: Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted recently to let illegals vote in U.S. elections.”
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Eric Hovde stated on September 5, 2024 in Campaign ad: Says Democratic opponent Tammy Baldwin "gave stimulus checks to illegals." Donald Trump stated on October 4, 2024 in a conversation with reporters: The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.” Eric Hovde stated on October 3, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: "FEMA is out of money and doesn't have money to transfer to those people affected by the hurricane ... they used the money to assist illegal immigrants." X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in una publicación en X: “Kamala Harris permitió la entrada a Estados Unidos de 13.000 extranjeros ilegales condenados por asesinato". Elon Musk stated on October 2, 2024 in a post on X: With U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CBP One app, it “takes less than 5 minutes and zero documentation to get approved as an illegal immigrant and be flown to the United States with air tickets paid for by the American taxpayer.” JD Vance stated on October 1, 2024 in a debate: Says immigrants with temporary protections in Springfield, Ohio, are “illegal immigrants.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA: Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them." Donald Trump Jr. stated on September 9, 2024 in a post: “Less than three months ago, Kamala Harris and her administration blocked 300,000 unvetted Haitian migrants from being deported out of our country." Tim Sheehy stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: U.S. Sen. Jon Tester “voted to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants." Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2024 in an Instagram post: The government is arming “illegal immigrants.” JD Vance stated on September 10, 2024 in an interview: “Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio. Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York: When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter." JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview: In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.” Dave McCormick stated on September 13, 2024 in an X post: Charleroi, Pennsylvania, “has grown by 2,000% due to an influx in migrants.” Kari Lake stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X: Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’” Bernie Moreno stated on September 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.” Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad: “Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as border czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your Social Security benefits." X posts stated on September 14, 2024 in una publicación en X: Este es “vídeo de una inmigrante haitiana que asesinó y se comió al gato de sus vecinos” en Springfield, Ohio. Instagram posts stated on September 8, 2024 in Instagram posts: Immigrants get $2,000 each time they cross the border illegally. Instagram posts stated on September 9, 2024 in Instagram posts: A Haitian woman was arrested in Springfield, Ohio, for eating a cat. Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2024 in at a Sept. 10 presidential debate: "In Springfield (Ohio), they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating, they're eating the pets of the people that live there.” Social Media stated on September 6, 2024 in in social media posts: Haitian immigrants are eating pets and wildlife in Springfield, Ohio. X posts stated on September 3, 2024 in una publicación en X: “Un grupo de 32 venezolanos armados tomaron esta noche un edificio de apartamentos en Chicago”. National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on August 28, 2024 in an Instagram ad: Elissa Slotkin “gave your hard-earned tax money to illegal immigrants.” X posts stated on September 3, 2024 in X posts: A group of 32 armed Venezuelans took over an apartment building in Chicago. JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A zero-tolerance policy during the Trump administration "led to less family separation than under Kamala Harris' border policies.” Social Media stated on August 29, 2024 in a post on Instagram: “BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.” Bernie Moreno stated on August 20, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “give illegals taxpayer funded stimulus checks, health care, even Social Security." X posts stated on August 29, 2024 in an X post: Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia. Mike Rogers stated on August 27, 2024 in a campaign rally: Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted recently to let illegals vote in U.S. elections.”
Eric Hovde stated on September 5, 2024 in Campaign ad: Says Democratic opponent Tammy Baldwin "gave stimulus checks to illegals."
Donald Trump stated on October 4, 2024 in a conversation with reporters: The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.”
Eric Hovde stated on October 3, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: "FEMA is out of money and doesn't have money to transfer to those people affected by the hurricane ... they used the money to assist illegal immigrants."
X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in una publicación en X: “Kamala Harris permitió la entrada a Estados Unidos de 13.000 extranjeros ilegales condenados por asesinato".
Elon Musk stated on October 2, 2024 in a post on X: With U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CBP One app, it “takes less than 5 minutes and zero documentation to get approved as an illegal immigrant and be flown to the United States with air tickets paid for by the American taxpayer.”
JD Vance stated on October 1, 2024 in a debate: Says immigrants with temporary protections in Springfield, Ohio, are “illegal immigrants.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA: Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."
Donald Trump Jr. stated on September 9, 2024 in a post: “Less than three months ago, Kamala Harris and her administration blocked 300,000 unvetted Haitian migrants from being deported out of our country."
Tim Sheehy stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: U.S. Sen. Jon Tester “voted to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants."
Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2024 in an Instagram post: The government is arming “illegal immigrants.”
JD Vance stated on September 10, 2024 in an interview: “Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio.
Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York: When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter."
JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview: In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.”
Dave McCormick stated on September 13, 2024 in an X post: Charleroi, Pennsylvania, “has grown by 2,000% due to an influx in migrants.”
Kari Lake stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X: Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”
Bernie Moreno stated on September 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.”
Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad: “Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as border czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your Social Security benefits."
X posts stated on September 14, 2024 in una publicación en X: Este es “vídeo de una inmigrante haitiana que asesinó y se comió al gato de sus vecinos” en Springfield, Ohio.
Instagram posts stated on September 8, 2024 in Instagram posts: Immigrants get $2,000 each time they cross the border illegally.
Instagram posts stated on September 9, 2024 in Instagram posts: A Haitian woman was arrested in Springfield, Ohio, for eating a cat.
Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2024 in at a Sept. 10 presidential debate: "In Springfield (Ohio), they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating, they're eating the pets of the people that live there.”
Social Media stated on September 6, 2024 in in social media posts: Haitian immigrants are eating pets and wildlife in Springfield, Ohio.
X posts stated on September 3, 2024 in una publicación en X: “Un grupo de 32 venezolanos armados tomaron esta noche un edificio de apartamentos en Chicago”.
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on August 28, 2024 in an Instagram ad: Elissa Slotkin “gave your hard-earned tax money to illegal immigrants.”
X posts stated on September 3, 2024 in X posts: A group of 32 armed Venezuelans took over an apartment building in Chicago.
JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A zero-tolerance policy during the Trump administration "led to less family separation than under Kamala Harris' border policies.”
Social Media stated on August 29, 2024 in a post on Instagram: “BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.”
Bernie Moreno stated on August 20, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “give illegals taxpayer funded stimulus checks, health care, even Social Security."
X posts stated on August 29, 2024 in an X post: Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia.
Mike Rogers stated on August 27, 2024 in a campaign rally: Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted recently to let illegals vote in U.S. elections.”
