48 People 10302 Fact-checks 4246 Articles People (48) Enterprise Florida Seamless Florida Florida Grown Florida for All Florida Strong Florida voter Progress Florida Americans for Prosperity: Florida Committee for Florida's Education For Our Future Florida Free Market Florida Florida Chamber of Commerce Florida Democratic Party Florida First Initiative Florida First Project Florida Immigrant Coalition Florida Supreme Court Progressive Choice Florida Tomorrow's Vision of Florida Associated Industries of Florida Fact-checks (10302) Ron DeSantis stated on June 27, 2025 in a press briefing: There is “zero impact” from Alligator Alcatraz on the Florida Everglades. By Gabrielle Lazor• July 11, 2025 Jon Favreau stated on July 08, 2025 in Pod Save America: “ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.” By Amy Sherman• July 11, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2019 in a Facebook post: "No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners." By Samantha Putterman• July 17, 2019 Greg Abbott 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.” By Madison Czopek• May 13, 2022 Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story: "If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed." By Willoughby Mariano• July 26, 2011 Donna Shalala stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede: Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes." By Amy Sherman• July 23, 2019 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers." By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2019 Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2009 in a speech.: "Nobody has ever escaped from one of our federal 'supermax' prisons." By Catharine Richert• May 21, 2009 Kristi Noem stated on February 02, 2025 in an interview: At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2025 Michael Burgess stated on June 24, 2019 in an MSNBC interview: Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of." By Miriam Valverde• July 10, 2019 Florida Students for Concealed Carry stated on March 16, 2015 in Florida Senate higher education committee hearing: "According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit." By Amy Sherman• March 23, 2015 Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2019 Tyler Kistner stated on February 22, 2022 in an ad: Joe Biden "has been secretly flying illegal immigrants into communities across the country in the middle of the night." By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2022 Bill Nelson stated on July 23, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children." By Miriam Valverde• July 26, 2018 Viral image stated on April 03, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 10, 2019 Tim Westley 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. By Nusaiba Mizan• April 25, 2022 Chris Christie stated on October 18, 2023 in an interview: “In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand." By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 20, 2023 Viral image stated on October 23, 2020 in an image on Facebook: A photo shows Barack Obama in front of “cages” built during his administration to hold migrants. By Daniel Funke• October 26, 2020 Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post: "Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’" By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018 Joe Heck stated on February 23, 2016 in a press release: "There is no evidence to support the claim that Guantanamo is used as a recruiting tool" for terrorists. By Riley Snyder• February 29, 2016 Articles (4246) Florida's Alligator Alcatraz may close. Trump, DeSantis' statements about center clash with facts By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2026 Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center isn't funded by FEMA hurricane money By Maria Briceño• June 26, 2025 Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said By Madison Czopek• July 17, 2025 Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 1, 2025 Viral videos spread flimsy Alligator Alcatraz ‘incinerators’ rumor By Maria Briceño• July 10, 2025 Trump officials say ICE has higher detention standards than prisons, jails. Is that true? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2025 DeSantis said ‘everybody’ at Alligator Alcatraz has a deportation order. Lawyers say he’s wrong. By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 30, 2025 ¿Quiénes están en Alligator Alcatraz? No todos son criminales, contrario a lo que dijo Donald Trump By Madison Czopek• July 25, 2025 ¿Cómo se comparan los estándares de detención de ICE con los de las cárceles y prisiones? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 17, 2025 Ron DeSantis dijo que todos en Alligator Alcatraz tienen orden de deportación, abogados dicen que no By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 31, 2025 Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections By Sandy West• July 31, 2025 The facts behind the detention of immigrants By Stefanie Pousoulides, Miriam Valverde• July 8, 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the U.S. is running concentration camps. Many historians are skeptical By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019 President Obama's promise to close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center: Broken By Robert Farley• March 9, 2011 Project 2025: Are Biden campaign warnings about plan for Trump election win correct? By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 12, 2024 What do articles of impeachment say Alejandro Mayorkas did or didn’t do? By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• February 16, 2024 How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023 Real or hoax? Massive gator spotted roaming golf course By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• June 3, 2016 PolitiFact Florida Top 5 in June 2016 By Amy Sherman• July 6, 2016 FEMA money taken for immigration enforcement: What you need to know By Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2019
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Ron DeSantis stated on June 27, 2025 in a press briefing: There is “zero impact” from Alligator Alcatraz on the Florida Everglades. By Gabrielle Lazor• July 11, 2025 Jon Favreau stated on July 08, 2025 in Pod Save America: “ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.” By Amy Sherman• July 11, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2019 in a Facebook post: "No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners." By Samantha Putterman• July 17, 2019 Greg Abbott 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.” By Madison Czopek• May 13, 2022 Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story: "If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed." By Willoughby Mariano• July 26, 2011 Donna Shalala stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede: Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes." By Amy Sherman• July 23, 2019 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers." By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2019 Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2009 in a speech.: "Nobody has ever escaped from one of our federal 'supermax' prisons." By Catharine Richert• May 21, 2009 Kristi Noem stated on February 02, 2025 in an interview: At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2025 Michael Burgess stated on June 24, 2019 in an MSNBC interview: Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of." By Miriam Valverde• July 10, 2019 Florida Students for Concealed Carry stated on March 16, 2015 in Florida Senate higher education committee hearing: "According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit." By Amy Sherman• March 23, 2015 Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2019 Tyler Kistner stated on February 22, 2022 in an ad: Joe Biden "has been secretly flying illegal immigrants into communities across the country in the middle of the night." By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2022 Bill Nelson stated on July 23, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children." By Miriam Valverde• July 26, 2018 Viral image stated on April 03, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 10, 2019 Tim Westley 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. By Nusaiba Mizan• April 25, 2022 Chris Christie stated on October 18, 2023 in an interview: “In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand." By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 20, 2023 Viral image stated on October 23, 2020 in an image on Facebook: A photo shows Barack Obama in front of “cages” built during his administration to hold migrants. By Daniel Funke• October 26, 2020 Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post: "Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’" By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018 Joe Heck stated on February 23, 2016 in a press release: "There is no evidence to support the claim that Guantanamo is used as a recruiting tool" for terrorists. By Riley Snyder• February 29, 2016
Florida's Alligator Alcatraz may close. Trump, DeSantis' statements about center clash with facts By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2026 Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center isn't funded by FEMA hurricane money By Maria Briceño• June 26, 2025 Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said By Madison Czopek• July 17, 2025 Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 1, 2025 Viral videos spread flimsy Alligator Alcatraz ‘incinerators’ rumor By Maria Briceño• July 10, 2025 Trump officials say ICE has higher detention standards than prisons, jails. Is that true? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2025 DeSantis said ‘everybody’ at Alligator Alcatraz has a deportation order. Lawyers say he’s wrong. By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 30, 2025 ¿Quiénes están en Alligator Alcatraz? No todos son criminales, contrario a lo que dijo Donald Trump By Madison Czopek• July 25, 2025 ¿Cómo se comparan los estándares de detención de ICE con los de las cárceles y prisiones? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 17, 2025 Ron DeSantis dijo que todos en Alligator Alcatraz tienen orden de deportación, abogados dicen que no By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 31, 2025 Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections By Sandy West• July 31, 2025 The facts behind the detention of immigrants By Stefanie Pousoulides, Miriam Valverde• July 8, 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the U.S. is running concentration camps. Many historians are skeptical By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019 President Obama's promise to close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center: Broken By Robert Farley• March 9, 2011 Project 2025: Are Biden campaign warnings about plan for Trump election win correct? By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 12, 2024 What do articles of impeachment say Alejandro Mayorkas did or didn’t do? By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• February 16, 2024 How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023 Real or hoax? Massive gator spotted roaming golf course By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• June 3, 2016 PolitiFact Florida Top 5 in June 2016 By Amy Sherman• July 6, 2016 FEMA money taken for immigration enforcement: What you need to know By Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2019
