21 People 17091 Fact-checks 6552 Articles People (21) Immigration Policy Center College presidents Republican presidents Committee to Defend the President Florida Immigrant Coalition President Trump's lawyers Federation for American Immigration Reform Cascade Policy Institute Violence Policy Center Drug Policy Alliance Illinois Policy Institute Marijuana Policy Project Firearms Policy Coalition Georgians for Bernie Sanders for President Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy Institute for Women's Policy Research Oregon Center for Public Policy Texas Public Policy Foundation National Center for Public Policy Research Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Fact-checks (17091) Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2017 in an immigration roundtable discussion: "We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members. By Miriam Valverde• June 30, 2017 John Conyers, Jr. stated on March 28, 2017 in a subcommittee hearing: "Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century." By Miriam Valverde• April 3, 2017 Barack Obama stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech announcing new immigration actions: "The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century." By Louis Jacobson• November 21, 2014 Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.” By Miriam Valverde• September 24, 2020 Deirdre Imus stated on July 24, 2014 in a broadcast on Fox Business of "Imus in the Morning": Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants "were not pouring in like" they are now. By Jon Greenberg• July 24, 2014 Cathie Adams stated on February 20, 2010 in a fund-raising letter: "Bill White ...offered sanctuary to illegal immigrants." By W. Gardner Selby• March 14, 2010 Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2017 in a speech: "The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down -- it went up." By Miriam Valverde• August 3, 2017 Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview.: Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest. By W. Gardner Selby• November 1, 2010 Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston: Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation." By W. Gardner Selby• October 25, 2018 Kevin McCarthy stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech: "Half of everyone that’s here illegally (in the U.S.) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa." By Chris Nichols• August 24, 2018 Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet: "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• April 18, 2017 Donald Trump stated on July 02, 2018 in a tweet: Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13." By Chris Nichols• July 3, 2018 Javier M. Gonzales stated on November 16, 2016 in an interview on The Kelly File: "Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented." By Miriam Valverde• November 28, 2016 Conservative Renewal PAC stated on April 27, 2012 in a TV ad.: "Tom Leppert pledged to make Dallas a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants." By W. Gardner Selby• May 14, 2012 Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech at a political rally in Phoenix: Says Florida had five sanctuary cities while Jeb Bush was governor. By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2015 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 Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born." By Chris Nichols• August 3, 2017 Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in Derry, N.H.: "Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment. By Lauren Carroll• August 25, 2015 Dennis Kucinich stated on September 09, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.: "When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs." By David Adams• September 7, 2007 Republican National Committee stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet: January 2022 fentanyl seizures show "illicit drugs are flowing into the country at an alarming rate because of Biden’s open border.” By Jeff Cercone• February 24, 2022 Articles (6552) Fact-checking sanctuary city, immigration claims By W. Gardner Selby• April 25, 2017 Donald Trump's executive order ending his administration's separation of immigrant families By Miriam Valverde• June 25, 2018 Donald Trump’s ‘s---hole countries’ remark and its policy history By Miriam Valverde• January 12, 2018 Why economists are skeptical that U.S. can grow by 3 percent By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2017 Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13 By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018 Donald Trump’s misleading claims about immigration in State of the Union address By Miriam Valverde• January 31, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweets about the border, DACA By Miriam Valverde• April 2, 2018 Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections By Sandy West• July 31, 2025 Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom had to say on immigration in his State of the State By Chris Nichols• February 12, 2019 Fact-checking the Nov. 23 shows By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• November 23, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Nov. 23 shows By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• November 23, 2014 E-mail slams Obama on religion, race By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 12, 2008 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Huntington, W.Va. By Louis Jacobson, Shannon MacNeil, Julia Mellett, Douglas Soule, Davis Versprille• November 2, 2018 Migrants at the southwest border: The Northern Triangle nations By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2018 Fact-checking Trump’s claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 2, 2024 Who is Eric Swalwell? Meet the latest California Democrat running for president By Chris Nichols• May 1, 2019 Central America and the root causes of migration to the US By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2021 The race for the Nevada Senate seat: A guide By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2022 Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says? By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022
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Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2017 in an immigration roundtable discussion: "We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members. By Miriam Valverde• June 30, 2017 John Conyers, Jr. stated on March 28, 2017 in a subcommittee hearing: "Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century." By Miriam Valverde• April 3, 2017 Barack Obama stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech announcing new immigration actions: "The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century." By Louis Jacobson• November 21, 2014 Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.” By Miriam Valverde• September 24, 2020 Deirdre Imus stated on July 24, 2014 in a broadcast on Fox Business of "Imus in the Morning": Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants "were not pouring in like" they are now. By Jon Greenberg• July 24, 2014 Cathie Adams stated on February 20, 2010 in a fund-raising letter: "Bill White ...offered sanctuary to illegal immigrants." By W. Gardner Selby• March 14, 2010 Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2017 in a speech: "The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down -- it went up." By Miriam Valverde• August 3, 2017 Bill White stated on October 15, 2010 in an interview.: Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest. By W. Gardner Selby• November 1, 2010 Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston: Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation." By W. Gardner Selby• October 25, 2018 Kevin McCarthy stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech: "Half of everyone that’s here illegally (in the U.S.) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa." By Chris Nichols• August 24, 2018 Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet: "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• April 18, 2017 Donald Trump stated on July 02, 2018 in a tweet: Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13." By Chris Nichols• July 3, 2018 Javier M. Gonzales stated on November 16, 2016 in an interview on The Kelly File: "Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented." By Miriam Valverde• November 28, 2016 Conservative Renewal PAC stated on April 27, 2012 in a TV ad.: "Tom Leppert pledged to make Dallas a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants." By W. Gardner Selby• May 14, 2012 Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech at a political rally in Phoenix: Says Florida had five sanctuary cities while Jeb Bush was governor. By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2015 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 Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born." By Chris Nichols• August 3, 2017 Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in Derry, N.H.: "Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment. By Lauren Carroll• August 25, 2015 Dennis Kucinich stated on September 09, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.: "When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs." By David Adams• September 7, 2007 Republican National Committee stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet: January 2022 fentanyl seizures show "illicit drugs are flowing into the country at an alarming rate because of Biden’s open border.” By Jeff Cercone• February 24, 2022
Fact-checking sanctuary city, immigration claims By W. Gardner Selby• April 25, 2017 Donald Trump's executive order ending his administration's separation of immigrant families By Miriam Valverde• June 25, 2018 Donald Trump’s ‘s---hole countries’ remark and its policy history By Miriam Valverde• January 12, 2018 Why economists are skeptical that U.S. can grow by 3 percent By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2017 Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13 By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018 Donald Trump’s misleading claims about immigration in State of the Union address By Miriam Valverde• January 31, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweets about the border, DACA By Miriam Valverde• April 2, 2018 Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections By Sandy West• July 31, 2025 Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom had to say on immigration in his State of the State By Chris Nichols• February 12, 2019 Fact-checking the Nov. 23 shows By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• November 23, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Nov. 23 shows By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• November 23, 2014 E-mail slams Obama on religion, race By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 12, 2008 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Huntington, W.Va. By Louis Jacobson, Shannon MacNeil, Julia Mellett, Douglas Soule, Davis Versprille• November 2, 2018 Migrants at the southwest border: The Northern Triangle nations By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2018 Fact-checking Trump’s claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 2, 2024 Who is Eric Swalwell? Meet the latest California Democrat running for president By Chris Nichols• May 1, 2019 Central America and the root causes of migration to the US By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2021 The race for the Nevada Senate seat: A guide By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2022 Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says? By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022
