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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

Casey Cagle stated on October 09, 2017 in a WSB-TV interview:

A Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security."

By Miriam Valverde• October 12, 2017

Viral image stated on December 31, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"2,000 illegal aliens were arrested by ICE in 2017 for murders committed here in the United States!"

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 9, 2019

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

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

Tom McClintock stated on January 29, 2019 in a speech:

"In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans."

By Chris Nichols• February 20, 2019

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

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

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 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

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

Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2020

Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says George Floyd died "because he had a system full of fentanyl and meth," and “beat women and held guns to their pregnant bellies.”

By Gabrielle Settles• July 8, 2021

Ashley Moody stated on March 09, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview:

Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders.

By Miriam Valverde• March 12, 2021

Kyleen Wright stated on December 06, 2011 in a Twitter message.:

Says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.

By W. Gardner Selby• December 26, 2011

Stephen Zappala stated on March 22, 2016 in in a new ad.:

Stephen Zappala is "the only DA in our state to convict an on-duty police officer of criminal homicide."

By Anna Orso• March 28, 2016

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

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

Glenn Beck stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview of Gov. Rick Perry:

Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."

By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2014

Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix:

"Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."

By Louis Jacobson• September 2, 2016

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