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Immigration

Scorecard

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0% 102 Checks
mostly true
0% 204 Checks
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0% 246 Checks
mostly false
0% 274 Checks
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0% 501 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 147 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Immigration

Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
President Joe Biden “raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units.”
Mostly False
By Carsten Oyer • July 10, 2026
Tommy Tuberville
stated on June 24, 2026 in an interview with Fox News:
Says benefits of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act are “going to go to a lot of people that are here illegally to build…
False
By Alex Min, Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2026
Ken Paxton
stated on May 27, 2026 in an ad:
Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico said the southern border should have “a giant welcome mat out front.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • May 28, 2026
Instagram posts
stated on April 26, 2026 in una publicación en Instagram:
Imagen muestra que “950 inmigrantes derrumbaron el muro fronterizo entre México y Estados Unidos intentando ingresar a Estados Unidos” en abril 2026.
False
By Maria Briceño • April 30, 2026
Brandon Gill
stated on April 7, 2026 in an X post:
“The Dignity Act is mass amnesty.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • April 13, 2026
Commonwealth Together PAC
stated on April 8, 2026 in an online ad:
“Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad…
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 13, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2026 in a Facebook post:
Video shows ICE agent removing “US citizen on a plane for being Latino.”
False
By Maria Briceño • March 30, 2026
Ashley Moody
stated on March 3, 2026 in a Senate hearing:
The Biden administration “reversed” a policy of deporting people in the country illegally who have committed felonies.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 in an interview on NBC:
Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2026
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 in publicaciones en redes sociales:
“Durante su presentación en el Super Bowl, Bad Bunny le regaló su premio Grammy a Liam Conejo Ramos”, el niño de 5 años que fue…
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2026
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 in posts:
During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino:
Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2026
JD Vance
stated on January 22, 2026 in a press conference:
“Right now we’re focused on Minneapolis because that’s where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws.”
False
By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2026
X posts
stated on January 25, 2026 in an X post:
An image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 27, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 in a speech in Davos:
Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They’re professional troublemakers.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026
Social Media
stated on January 25, 2026 in posts:
Evan Kilgore is one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • January 26, 2026
Social Media
stated on January 24, 2026 in posts:
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Only criminals carry guns on our streets, we need law and order.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 in una entrevista:
“No están recibiendo el entrenamiento tradicional de cinco meses… .El entrenamiento para los agentes de ICE ahora es de 47 días”.
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 15, 2026
Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 in social media posts:
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 12, 2026
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 in an interview:
“They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.”
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 12, 2026
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Latest promises about Immigration

Donald Trump
End birthright citizenship
Supreme Court rules against Trump on birthright citizenship, blocking key campaign promise | June 30, 2026
Donald Trump
Revoke the Temporary Legal Status of Haitians
Supreme Court puts Trump promise to revoke Haitians’ Temporary Protected Status back on track | June 26, 2026
Donald Trump
Finish the border wall
Trump’s push to complete border wall intensifies with more contracts, waivers | June 25, 2026
Donald Trump
Restore and expand the travel ban
Trump restores and expands his first-term travel bans | March 6, 2026
Donald Trump
Create a victims’ compensation fund of “migrant crime” from seized gang assets
President Donald Trump stalls on promise to create a fund for victims of ‘migrant crime’ | February 19, 2026
Donald Trump
Carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history
Where does President Donald Trump’s mass deportation promise stand one year into his administration? | January 23, 2026
Donald Trump
Designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
State Department designates six cartels and two gangs as foreign terrorist organizations | February 26, 2025
Donald Trump
Restore Remain in Mexico program
President Donald Trump begins process for reinstating Remain in Mexico program | January 21, 2025
Joe Biden
Provide assistance to Northern Triangle countries
Biden found compromise in promise to invest $4 billion in Central American to mitigate immigration | January 8, 2025
Joe Biden
Protect military personnel and veterans from deportation
Joe Biden compromises on promise to protect military personnel and veterans from deportation | December 30, 2024
Joe Biden
Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people
Biden broke his promise to provide citizenship to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally | December 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Double number of immigration judges and staff
Joe Biden hired more immigration judges, but didn’t double their ranks | December 6, 2024
Latest promises about Immigration