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Donald Trump stated on December 01, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

Video shows “breaking” news that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "publicly surrendered" to President Donald Trump.

By Maria Briceño• December 3, 2025

Donald Trump stated on December 01, 2025 in una publicación en Truth Social:

Video muestra noticia de “última hora” en el que el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro se “rindió públicamente” ante el presidente Donald Trump.

By Maria Briceño• December 4, 2025

Donald Trump stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview:

“If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2025

Social Media stated on September 02, 2024 in social media posts:

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is on the way to Aurora, Colorado, to confront a Venezuelan gang.

By Loreben Tuquero• September 9, 2024

Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:

Imagen muestra a “uno de los manifestantes que participó en el vandalismo contra un concesionario de Tesla. La deportación a El Salvador fue consecuencia de sus acciones”.

By Maria Briceño• March 27, 2025

Ron DeSantis stated on January 05, 2026 in a press conference:

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”

By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2026

Donald Trump stated on May 29, 2024 in comments to reporters:

Joe Biden “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• June 6, 2024

Instagram posts stated on March 28, 2023 in publicación de Instagram:

“Hay un nuevo virus regado en China donde los humanos se convierten en zombis”.

By Marta Campabadal Graus• April 3, 2023

Social Media stated on April 30, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 12, 2025

Facebook posts stated on December 23, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Ella es Amelia Carter un hombre le prendió fuego mientras dormía en el tren de Nueva York”.

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• January 3, 2025

Ron DeSantis stated on July 30, 2023 in a post:

"Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers."

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 11, 2023

Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a post:

The Uvalde, Texas, mass shooter was an “illegal alien.”

By Monique Curet• May 25, 2022

Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2019 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio:

Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder."

By Jon Greenberg• August 2, 2019

Ted Cruz stated on May 11, 2021 in a meeting:

The voting rights bill “would register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It is intended to do that.”

By Brandon Mulder• May 14, 2021

Terri Bryant stated on July 13, 2021 in a radio interview:

“You may be 55 years old in [Illinois] and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55 or older, you’re eligible for Medicaid.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• July 20, 2021

Bruce Rauner stated on July 22, 2017 in a press release:

As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.

By Matt Dietrich• August 1, 2017

TikTok posts stated on March 14, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok:

El gobernador de Texas “puso más de 5,000 cocodrilos en el río Bravo".

By Marta Campabadal Graus• March 28, 2024

Bloggers stated on November 22, 2018 in a blog post:

"United Nations caught helping and coaching caravan illegal aliens!"

By Miriam Valverde• December 13, 2018

Mitt Romney stated on September 29, 2011 in a campaign video.:

President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."

By Sue Owen• November 10, 2011

Robert Menendez stated on February 13, 2017 in a tweet:

Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens."

By Miriam Valverde• February 17, 2017

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