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Instagram posts stated on November 01, 2022 in a post:

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro will hold a press conference to “announce military audit of controversial election, may arrest criminal judges.”

By Luiz Romero• November 4, 2022

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

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

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

Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.”

By Andy Nguyen• April 14, 2022

Tim Westley stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview:

"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.

By Nusaiba Mizan• April 25, 2022

Rob Wittman stated on April 08, 2022 in a radio interview.:

“They’re going to be giving these people who come across the border, giving them smartphones.”

By Warren Fiske, Andy Nguyen• April 19, 2022

Michael McCaul stated on June 05, 2013 in U.S. House floor debate.:

Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 21, 2013

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

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

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

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

Marco Rubio stated on March 03, 2024 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this country illegally."

By Samantha Putterman• March 8, 2024

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

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

Martha McSally stated on September 16, 2018 in a Fox News interview:

Says U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema "voted to cut ICE."

By Miriam Valverde• September 21, 2018

ACLU Foundation of Georgia stated on December 07, 2012 in a press release:

"In the last 15 years, we've witnessed a dramatic expansion in the jailing of immigrants, from about 70,000 people detained annually to about 400,000."

By Eric Stirgus• December 17, 2012

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on June 27, 2018 in an interview with The Intercept:

"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."

By Lucia Geng• July 6, 2018

Patty Murray stated on May 08, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing:

"Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."

By Miriam Valverde• May 11, 2018

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

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