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Kristi Noem stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:

“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.

By Nick Karmia, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 31, 2025

Citizens for Sanity stated on October 05, 2022 in an ad:

Suggests that an immigrant charged with sexually assaulting a child entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 21, 2022

Steve Daines stated on November 15, 2018 in a Senate hearing:

Sanctuary jurisdictions "violate the laws of our nation."

By Miriam Valverde• November 27, 2018

Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2026 in a Facebook post:

Video shows ICE agent removing “US citizen on a plane for being Latino.”

By Maria Briceño• March 30, 2026

Commonwealth Together PAC stated on April 08, 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 daylight.”

By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2026

Stephen Miller stated on October 24, 2025 in an interview:

“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 29, 2025

JD Vance stated on April 01, 2025 in a post on X:

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.”

By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2025

Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says President Joe Biden canceled Trump’s “child sex ring operation, which saw thousands of arrests last year.”

By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2021

Donald Trump stated on February 08, 2026 in an interview on NBC:

Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”

By Amy Sherman• February 13, 2026

John DePetro stated on October 21, 2013 in a statement on WPRO-AM:

"Under Mayor Cicilline, [Providence] was a sanctuary city."

By John Hill• November 24, 2013

Tricia McLaughlin stated on October 12, 2025 in an X post:

A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”

By Maria Briceño• October 15, 2025

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

Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2018 in a tweet:

"I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13."

By Miriam Valverde• July 9, 2018

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

Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant."

By Miriam Valverde• September 24, 2019

Steve McCraw stated on April 18, 2018 in testimony to a Texas House panel:

Says the term "illegal alien" is "a legal term, it’s in statute, it’s a federal term."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 9, 2018

George Holding stated on September 27, 2018 in a TV ad:

Orange County "released" a sex offender instead of turning him over to immigration authorities - "like a sanctuary city."

By Paul Specht• October 18, 2018

Jeff Sessions stated on March 07, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento:

"California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for."

By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2018

Viral image stated on January 28, 2025 in an Instagram post:

Image shows immigration officers arresting someone wearing a “Latinos for Trump 2024” shirt in 2025.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 30, 2025

Viral image stated on May 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that “Texas SB-4 law is constitutional.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 3, 2024

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