3 People 25724 Fact-checks 8283 Articles People (3) City of Atlanta press release Freedom From Religion Foundation Mayors Against Illegal Guns Fact-checks (25724) Adam Putnam stated on June 07, 2018 in an interview with Fox News: Florida taxpayers "pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens." By Allison Graves• June 26, 2018 Tom McClintock stated on January 29, 2019 in a speech: "In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans." By Chris Nichols• February 20, 2019 Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck: More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years. By W. Gardner Selby• July 23, 2014 Lisa Boothe stated on July 26, 2016 in an interview on Fox: "One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant." By Miriam Valverde• August 15, 2016 Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech: The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported." By Miriam Valverde• February 26, 2021 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.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2024 Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in in a speech at the Republican convention: "Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens." By Miriam Valverde• July 22, 2016 Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” By Tom Kertscher• November 23, 2021 Tom Tancredo stated on August 08, 2015 in a Breitbart article: Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York." By Jon Greenberg• August 17, 2015 Daniel Mielke stated on September 07, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site: "Close to 30% of our federal prison population consists of illegal immigrants." By Cary Spivak• September 8, 2010 Peter Kilmartin stated on January 11, 2011 in a news release: Secure Communities "has a proven track record of enhancing public safety by focusing on violent offenders and those that pose a threat to our communities and our national security." By Peter Lord• January 30, 2011 Ted Cruz stated on August 21, 2015 in answering a reporter in Iowa: "In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally." By W. Gardner Selby• August 28, 2015 Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2018 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: Says "Bob Casey voted in favor of deadly sanctuary cities that released thousands upon thousands of illegal alien criminals and vicious gang members to prey on Pennsylvania streets, to prey all over this country." By Jon Greenberg• October 31, 2018 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 Ron Johnson stated on February 04, 2022 in News release: Federal border officials are allowing undocumented immigrants who are “known criminals who possess an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft (which) threatens our homeland security.” By Laura Schulte• March 4, 2022 Lamar Smith stated on May 31, 2014 in a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News: "Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes." By W. Gardner Selby• June 10, 2014 Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 09, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website: "134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years." By Jon Greenberg• July 16, 2015 Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address: “In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Tricia McLaughlin stated on November 17, 2025 in an interview posted to X: “There’s about 1,400 criminal illegal aliens that, right now, are in North Carolina and Charlotte’s jails that they refuse to turn over to ICE law enforcement.” By Paul Specht• November 24, 2025 Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2019 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio: Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder." By Jon Greenberg• August 2, 2019 Articles (8283) Separating fact from fiction on California’s Sanctuary State law By Chris Nichols• August 1, 2018 Pete Sessions’ ‘murders every day’ claim about immigrants released by Obama By W. Gardner Selby• March 5, 2015 Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform By Sophie Austin, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• July 19, 2020 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 27, 2024 Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true? By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026 Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 19, 2025 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 Why did a court rule that Trump can’t deport Tren de Aragua members using the Alien Enemies Act? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 3, 2025 Before voting, check out our Scott Walker and Tony Evers fact-checks By D.L. Davis, Tom Kertscher• August 21, 2018 Greg Abbott, Rick Perry air unconfirmed claims about 3,000 murders by unauthorized immigrants By W. Gardner Selby• July 29, 2014 Reader says politically correct terms undermine fact check of Rick Perry on murders by "aliens" By W. Gardner Selby• July 20, 2015 Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 16, 2024 Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina By Will Doran, Paul Specht• November 24, 2025 The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2025 Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• August 25, 2025 Trump moves on promises on immigration, deportations in first month By Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017 Tracking misinformation about the Allen, Texas, mass shooting and response By Michael Williams• May 9, 2023 10 misleading statements about immigration By W. Gardner Selby, Amy Sherman• August 28, 2015 Ad Watch: Trump ad mischaracterizes immigration data, Harris’ remarks on decriminalizing immigration By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 25, 2024 Can Donald Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2024
Adam Putnam stated on June 07, 2018 in an interview with Fox News: Florida taxpayers "pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens." By Allison Graves• June 26, 2018 Tom McClintock stated on January 29, 2019 in a speech: "In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans." By Chris Nichols• February 20, 2019 Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck: More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years. By W. Gardner Selby• July 23, 2014 Lisa Boothe stated on July 26, 2016 in an interview on Fox: "One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant." By Miriam Valverde• August 15, 2016 Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech: The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported." By Miriam Valverde• February 26, 2021 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.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2024 Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in in a speech at the Republican convention: "Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens." By Miriam Valverde• July 22, 2016 Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” By Tom Kertscher• November 23, 2021 Tom Tancredo stated on August 08, 2015 in a Breitbart article: Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York." By Jon Greenberg• August 17, 2015 Daniel Mielke stated on September 07, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site: "Close to 30% of our federal prison population consists of illegal immigrants." By Cary Spivak• September 8, 2010 Peter Kilmartin stated on January 11, 2011 in a news release: Secure Communities "has a proven track record of enhancing public safety by focusing on violent offenders and those that pose a threat to our communities and our national security." By Peter Lord• January 30, 2011 Ted Cruz stated on August 21, 2015 in answering a reporter in Iowa: "In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally." By W. Gardner Selby• August 28, 2015 Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2018 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: Says "Bob Casey voted in favor of deadly sanctuary cities that released thousands upon thousands of illegal alien criminals and vicious gang members to prey on Pennsylvania streets, to prey all over this country." By Jon Greenberg• October 31, 2018 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 Ron Johnson stated on February 04, 2022 in News release: Federal border officials are allowing undocumented immigrants who are “known criminals who possess an arrest warrant to fly on U.S. aircraft (which) threatens our homeland security.” By Laura Schulte• March 4, 2022 Lamar Smith stated on May 31, 2014 in a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News: "Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes." By W. Gardner Selby• June 10, 2014 Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 09, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website: "134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years." By Jon Greenberg• July 16, 2015 Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address: “In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Tricia McLaughlin stated on November 17, 2025 in an interview posted to X: “There’s about 1,400 criminal illegal aliens that, right now, are in North Carolina and Charlotte’s jails that they refuse to turn over to ICE law enforcement.” By Paul Specht• November 24, 2025 Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2019 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio: Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder." By Jon Greenberg• August 2, 2019
Separating fact from fiction on California’s Sanctuary State law By Chris Nichols• August 1, 2018 Pete Sessions’ ‘murders every day’ claim about immigrants released by Obama By W. Gardner Selby• March 5, 2015 Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform By Sophie Austin, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• July 19, 2020 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 27, 2024 Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true? By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026 Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 19, 2025 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 Why did a court rule that Trump can’t deport Tren de Aragua members using the Alien Enemies Act? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 3, 2025 Before voting, check out our Scott Walker and Tony Evers fact-checks By D.L. Davis, Tom Kertscher• August 21, 2018 Greg Abbott, Rick Perry air unconfirmed claims about 3,000 murders by unauthorized immigrants By W. Gardner Selby• July 29, 2014 Reader says politically correct terms undermine fact check of Rick Perry on murders by "aliens" By W. Gardner Selby• July 20, 2015 Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 16, 2024 Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina By Will Doran, Paul Specht• November 24, 2025 The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2025 Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• August 25, 2025 Trump moves on promises on immigration, deportations in first month By Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017 Tracking misinformation about the Allen, Texas, mass shooting and response By Michael Williams• May 9, 2023 10 misleading statements about immigration By W. Gardner Selby, Amy Sherman• August 28, 2015 Ad Watch: Trump ad mischaracterizes immigration data, Harris’ remarks on decriminalizing immigration By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 25, 2024 Can Donald Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2024
