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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." Kari Lake stated on July 16, 2024 in in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee “Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.” 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.” Donald Trump stated on May 31, 2024 in remarks to reporters “Congo, Africa, just released a lot of people, a lot of people from their prisons and jails and brought them into the United States of America.” 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.” Eric Swalwell stated on June 9, 2024 in a post on X Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.” Donald Trump stated on May 29, 2024 in comments to reporters Joe Biden “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.” Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in a speech “Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.” Viral image stated on May 28, 2024 in an Instagram post The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that “Texas SB-4 law is constitutional.” Mike Johnson stated on May 8, 2024 in a press conference “The millions (of immigrants) that have been paroled can simply go to their local welfare office or the DMV and register to vote.” X posts stated on May 9, 2024 in an X post Video shows Muslim migrants in Sweden destroying property because an Israeli singer took part in Eurovision. MAGA Inc stated on April 25, 2024 in an ad President Joe Biden is paying rent for immigrants illegally in the country. Rick Scott stated on May 4, 2024 in an X post “Joe Biden flew hundreds of thousands of illegals into Florida last year.” Greg Steube stated on April 14, 2024 in an X post Immigrants in the country illegally cost “Florida taxpayers $566 million for 54,000 hospital visits.” Facebook posts stated on April 3, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook Más de 2 millones de personas se han registrado para votar en lo que va de año sin una identificación con foto en Texas, Pensilvania y Arizona. Instagram posts stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post Says 326,000 migrants were flown to Florida with taxpayer dollars under President Joe Biden’s secret migrant flight program. Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2024 in a speech "Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they're taking their gangs and their criminals and depositing them very nicely into the United States.” Load more
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."
Kari Lake stated on July 16, 2024 in in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee “Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”
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.”
Donald Trump stated on May 31, 2024 in remarks to reporters “Congo, Africa, just released a lot of people, a lot of people from their prisons and jails and brought them into the United States of America.”
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.”
Eric Swalwell stated on June 9, 2024 in a post on X Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.”
Donald Trump stated on May 29, 2024 in comments to reporters Joe Biden “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.”
Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in a speech “Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”
Viral image stated on May 28, 2024 in an Instagram post The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that “Texas SB-4 law is constitutional.”
Mike Johnson stated on May 8, 2024 in a press conference “The millions (of immigrants) that have been paroled can simply go to their local welfare office or the DMV and register to vote.”
X posts stated on May 9, 2024 in an X post Video shows Muslim migrants in Sweden destroying property because an Israeli singer took part in Eurovision.
MAGA Inc stated on April 25, 2024 in an ad President Joe Biden is paying rent for immigrants illegally in the country.
Rick Scott stated on May 4, 2024 in an X post “Joe Biden flew hundreds of thousands of illegals into Florida last year.”
Greg Steube stated on April 14, 2024 in an X post Immigrants in the country illegally cost “Florida taxpayers $566 million for 54,000 hospital visits.”
Facebook posts stated on April 3, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook Más de 2 millones de personas se han registrado para votar en lo que va de año sin una identificación con foto en Texas, Pensilvania y Arizona.
Instagram posts stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post Says 326,000 migrants were flown to Florida with taxpayer dollars under President Joe Biden’s secret migrant flight program.
Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2024 in a speech "Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they're taking their gangs and their criminals and depositing them very nicely into the United States.”
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