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Search results for "An ICE shooting occurred in Biddeford Maine"

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Fact-checks (5580)

X posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet:
ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.”
By Nusaiba Mizan• May 25, 2022
TikTok posts stated on March 29, 2023 in a post:
Morgan Freeman called out Joe Biden for talking about “ice cream” before commenting on the Nashville, Tennessee, school shooting.
By Gabrielle Settles• April 3, 2023
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Less than 500 people a year killed by all rifles combined” and “4,000 a year killed by illegals.”
By Tom Kertscher• March 30, 2021
Steve Adler stated on February 14, 2017 in an open letter to Austin residents:
"Local authorities in 43 states refused to honor more than 16,000 detainer requests from ICE from October 2013 to December 2015. Only in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming did local officials honor all requests, and detainers are relatively rare in those states."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 23, 2017
Instagram posts stated on April 06, 2023 in a post:
"Scientists struggle to understand why Antarctica hasn’t warmed for over 70 years despite rise in CO2."
By Andy Nguyen• April 21, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 17, 2023 in a post:
"Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon that can be tracked throughout prehistoric eras."
By Andy Nguyen• January 23, 2023
Viral image stated on August 03, 2019 in posts on Facebook:
"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."
By Louis Jacobson• August 6, 2019
Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts:
Viral photo shows the woman killed by an ICE agent Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
By Maria Briceño• January 8, 2026
David Dewhurst stated on July 21, 2014 in a news story:
At "least a quarter of those apprehended" at the border "have criminal records."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 29, 2014
Social Media stated on January 11, 2026 in social media posts:
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 12, 2026
Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts:
Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 8, 2026
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
Mark Warner stated on January 11, 2026 in an interview:
“They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.”
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 12, 2026
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
Steve Adler stated on June 14, 2016 in an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM:
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 23, 2016
Defending Main Street stated on October 12, 2018 in an ad:
Says Ohio congressional candidate Danny O’Connor "would make Columbus a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants."  
By Stephen Koff• October 19, 2018
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
Bloggers stated on October 31, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"Caravan Violence: Invaders Shoot At Police, Set Fire To Immigration Checkpoint"  
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 13, 2018
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Recent haze in New York City was caused by “Bill Gates’ sun-dimming technology.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 21, 2023
John Kerry stated on August 31, 2009 in an op-ed published in the Huffington Post:
"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."
By Catharine Richert• September 2, 2009

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In Context: What did Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey say about police fighting ICE?

By Maria Briceño• January 16, 2026

Fact-checking misinformation after the El Paso, Dayton shootings

By Daniel Funke, John Kruzel• August 5, 2019

Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true?

By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026

Recording immigration agents in public is a constitutional right. Here’s what to know

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 4, 2026

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Natural gas, not wind turbines, main driver of Texas power shortage

By Jon Greenberg• February 16, 2021

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By Tom Kertscher• April 4, 2018

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Donald Trump's misleading claims in the Kate Steinle case, fact-checked

By Miriam Valverde• December 18, 2017

Fact-checking claims about race and Ferguson

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Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting

By Madison Czopek• May 27, 2022

Gun violence spiked during pandemic, even as the deadliest mass shootings waned

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Fact-checking claims about the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton

By Bill McCarthy• August 9, 2019

Trump's posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known

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Kilimanjaro’s ice fields didn’t disappear by 2020. That doesn’t mean climate change isn’t happening

By Madison Czopek• February 7, 2022

In February's High Five race: Barack Obama, Scott Walker and some other guys

By Tom Kertscher• March 3, 2014

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Fact-checking Seth Moulton and John Deaton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate debate

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