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Bloggers stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration.

By Samantha Putterman• January 2, 2019

Lamar Smith stated on May 20, 2010 in an interview with the Fox News Network:

Mexican government officials "hand out brochures showing individuals how they can avoid our Border Patrol, how they can get into our country."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 30, 2010

Tom Cotton stated on February 01, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview:

"A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security."

By Miriam Valverde• February 3, 2021

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

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

Greg Abbott stated on March 30, 2021 in a tweet:

“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”

By Brandon Mulder• April 6, 2021

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA:

Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 2, 2024

Ken Paxton stated on August 07, 2021 in an interview:

The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S.

By Brandon Mulder• August 13, 2021

Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview:

"We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.”

By Brandon Mulder• March 29, 2021

Francis Suarez stated on July 16, 2023 in a speech at Turning Point Action Conference:

"In Biden's America, 7 million people illegally crossed the border and are given a free cellphone and airline tickets."

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• July 28, 2023

Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2018 in a tweet:

"Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him stay."

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• November 1, 2018

Instagram posts stated on September 08, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Immigrants get $2,000 each time they cross the border illegally.

By Sofia Ahmed• September 12, 2024

Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2021 in a text post:

Says Joe Biden is “now saying he inherited ‘a mess’ at the border. Fact: 9,000 illegals all of 2020. So far in 2021 108,000 entered U.S.”

By Daniel Funke• March 17, 2021

Kamala Harris stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall:

"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."

By Louis Jacobson• October 24, 2024

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

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

Donald Trump stated on June 06, 2024 in a campaign rally:

Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 20, 2024

Kayleigh McEnany stated on March 08, 2021 in a Facebook post and tweet:

Current immigration "apprehension numbers are worse than the 'crisis' Biden/Obama/Pelosi acknowledged in 2014!"

By Bill McCarthy• March 11, 2021

Wolf Blitzer stated on June 19, 2018 in in an interview:

"Most (immigrants) do show up in court."

By John Kruzel• June 26, 2018

Will Cain stated on April 24, 2023 in a Fox News segment:

Democrats “introduced a bill that would ban detaining gay illegal immigrants.”

By Grace Abels• May 9, 2023

Were migrant children who died very sick before taken into U.S. custody, as Trump claimed?

By Miriam Valverde• January 3, 2019

Has a Venezuelan gang member been arrested in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin?

By Hope Karnopp• September 27, 2024

Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections

By Sandy West• July 31, 2025

Did Trump find 75,000 to 80,000 missing children? Here’s why experts say that claim is misleading.

By Jeff Cercone• January 28, 2025

Explaining the Supreme Court immigration ruling on ‘Remain in Mexico’

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 7, 2022

A surprising number of Americans believe these false claims about immigrants. Here are the facts

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 6, 2022

Is the migrant caravan an invasion?

By Miriam Valverde• November 7, 2018

The facts behind the detention of immigrants

By Stefanie Pousoulides, Miriam Valverde• July 8, 2019

Donald Trump has repeated immigration falsehoods throughout the 2024 campaign. Here are the facts.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 4, 2024

Fact-checking Julián Castro’s claim that asylum ‘metering’ caused drowning of father, daughter

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• June 27, 2019

What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

By Miriam Valverde• April 12, 2021

What Trump's first week immigration orders mean in the short and long term

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 24, 2025

Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 5, 2026

Immigration in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report

By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018

Is it legal for tear gas to be used against migrants?

By Miriam Valverde• November 26, 2018

Are noncitizens straining North Carolina services? Here are the facts.

By Paul Specht• September 9, 2024

Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem?

By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2018

Border Patrol encounters up because high level of migrants seeking to cross border multiple times

By Nusaiba Mizan• August 30, 2022

Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom had to say on immigration in his State of the State

By Chris Nichols• February 12, 2019

What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 4, 2025

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