5 People 12734 Fact-checks 4309 Articles People (5) Workers' Voice Culinary Workers Union United Auto Workers American Postal Workers Union Florida Department of Corrections worker Fact-checks (12734) MacIver Institute stated on September 23, 2020 in an online article: “Bad math (is) driving Wisconsin’s exploding positive test rate.” By Eric Litke• September 29, 2020 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 Janet Napolitano stated on May 07, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club: "We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history." By Willoughby Mariano• June 3, 2011 Threads posts stated on July 28, 2025 in a Threads post: “Home Depot signed a deal that pays them $250 million with DHS, allowing ICE agents to stake out their parking lots and arrest immigrants.” By Maria Briceño• August 5, 2025 Steve Scalise stated on February 02, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Now (Biden) is saying that people who came here illegally can jump ahead of other Americans who have been waiting to get the vaccine.” By Victoria Knight• February 8, 2021 Bernie Sanders stated on August 29, 2021 in a speech: “It is a result of the $300 per month that working parents are now receiving for their young children that we have reduced childhood poverty in the United States by 50%.” By Lauren White• September 15, 2021 Rachel Maddow stated on August 02, 2010 in "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse." By Alex Holt• August 12, 2010 Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area. By Amy Sherman• September 23, 2021 Jeff Sessions stated on April 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans." By Miriam Valverde• April 27, 2017 David Raynor stated on February 08, 2011 in a state legislative committee meeting: A federal system that verifies employees are authorized to work in the U.S. is inaccurate "anywhere from 50 percent all the way up to in excess of 80" percent of the time. By Willoughby Mariano• February 23, 2011 Tom Cotton stated on February 01, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: "A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security." By Miriam Valverde• February 3, 2021 Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University: "These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they don't even know." By Miriam Valverde• September 29, 2016 Joe Manchin stated on January 02, 2019 in a tweet: The partial government shutdown in early 2019 affected "18,000 federal employees in West Virginia." By Patrick Downey, Kenneth Harmonay• February 20, 2019 Sherrod Brown stated on February 04, 2013 in a news release: "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available." By Tom Feran• February 11, 2013 Sarah Palin stated on March 25, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Biden administration is attempting “to criminalize free speech.” By Jeff Cercone• March 31, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter: “Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.” By D.L. Davis• March 1, 2021 Vicki Shabo stated on December 12, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Cycle": "About 40 percent of workers don’t ... have a single paid sick day." By Katie Sanders• December 17, 2013 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers." By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2019 Scott Walker stated on June 05, 2020 in a tweet: There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic. By Lawrence Andrea• June 17, 2020 Rick Perry stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "Crossfire": "Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage." By W. Gardner Selby• September 20, 2013 Articles (4309) Why are ICE agents paid during the partial government shutdown but TSA agents aren't? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 23, 2026 What to know about B-1 visas that some detainees from the Hyundai plant used to enter the US By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 10, 2025 What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border By Miriam Valverde• April 12, 2021 What are H-1B visas and how does the Trump administration propose changing them? By Amy Sherman• August 13, 2025 Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 5, 2026 Trump’s decision on Haitian immigrants: What does it mean? By Miriam Valverde• November 21, 2017 Nikki Haley cites unverified number of border ‘got aways,’ official data is scarce with limitations By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 9, 2022 Will Social Security checks go out if there’s a government shutdown? By Louis Jacobson• September 26, 2023 Your questions about the government shutdown, answered By Louis Jacobson• January 16, 2019 Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 1, 2025 Explaining the Supreme Court immigration ruling on ‘Remain in Mexico’ By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 7, 2022 Fact-checking Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the DACA immigration program By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• September 5, 2017 Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026 Promises kept, promises stalled: Rating Donald Trump's first month in office By Jon Greenberg• February 23, 2017 Some readers unconvinced by our True rating for White House slave claim By Louis Jacobson• July 27, 2016 Charlie Kirk’s comparison of migrant entries with US births lacks reliable data By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2022 Live: Fact-checking Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s DHS secretary confirmation hearing By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand• March 18, 2026 How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017 What exactly will new DHS ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ do? By Jeff Cercone, Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 10, 2022 Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on her agency’s role in elections By Amy Sherman• February 18, 2026
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MacIver Institute stated on September 23, 2020 in an online article: “Bad math (is) driving Wisconsin’s exploding positive test rate.” By Eric Litke• September 29, 2020 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 Janet Napolitano stated on May 07, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club: "We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history." By Willoughby Mariano• June 3, 2011 Threads posts stated on July 28, 2025 in a Threads post: “Home Depot signed a deal that pays them $250 million with DHS, allowing ICE agents to stake out their parking lots and arrest immigrants.” By Maria Briceño• August 5, 2025 Steve Scalise stated on February 02, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Now (Biden) is saying that people who came here illegally can jump ahead of other Americans who have been waiting to get the vaccine.” By Victoria Knight• February 8, 2021 Bernie Sanders stated on August 29, 2021 in a speech: “It is a result of the $300 per month that working parents are now receiving for their young children that we have reduced childhood poverty in the United States by 50%.” By Lauren White• September 15, 2021 Rachel Maddow stated on August 02, 2010 in "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse." By Alex Holt• August 12, 2010 Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area. By Amy Sherman• September 23, 2021 Jeff Sessions stated on April 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans." By Miriam Valverde• April 27, 2017 David Raynor stated on February 08, 2011 in a state legislative committee meeting: A federal system that verifies employees are authorized to work in the U.S. is inaccurate "anywhere from 50 percent all the way up to in excess of 80" percent of the time. By Willoughby Mariano• February 23, 2011 Tom Cotton stated on February 01, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: "A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security." By Miriam Valverde• February 3, 2021 Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University: "These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they don't even know." By Miriam Valverde• September 29, 2016 Joe Manchin stated on January 02, 2019 in a tweet: The partial government shutdown in early 2019 affected "18,000 federal employees in West Virginia." By Patrick Downey, Kenneth Harmonay• February 20, 2019 Sherrod Brown stated on February 04, 2013 in a news release: "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available." By Tom Feran• February 11, 2013 Sarah Palin stated on March 25, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Biden administration is attempting “to criminalize free speech.” By Jeff Cercone• March 31, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter: “Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.” By D.L. Davis• March 1, 2021 Vicki Shabo stated on December 12, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Cycle": "About 40 percent of workers don’t ... have a single paid sick day." By Katie Sanders• December 17, 2013 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers." By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2019 Scott Walker stated on June 05, 2020 in a tweet: There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic. By Lawrence Andrea• June 17, 2020 Rick Perry stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "Crossfire": "Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage." By W. Gardner Selby• September 20, 2013
Why are ICE agents paid during the partial government shutdown but TSA agents aren't? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 23, 2026 What to know about B-1 visas that some detainees from the Hyundai plant used to enter the US By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 10, 2025 What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border By Miriam Valverde• April 12, 2021 What are H-1B visas and how does the Trump administration propose changing them? By Amy Sherman• August 13, 2025 Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 5, 2026 Trump’s decision on Haitian immigrants: What does it mean? By Miriam Valverde• November 21, 2017 Nikki Haley cites unverified number of border ‘got aways,’ official data is scarce with limitations By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 9, 2022 Will Social Security checks go out if there’s a government shutdown? By Louis Jacobson• September 26, 2023 Your questions about the government shutdown, answered By Louis Jacobson• January 16, 2019 Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 1, 2025 Explaining the Supreme Court immigration ruling on ‘Remain in Mexico’ By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 7, 2022 Fact-checking Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the DACA immigration program By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• September 5, 2017 Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026 Promises kept, promises stalled: Rating Donald Trump's first month in office By Jon Greenberg• February 23, 2017 Some readers unconvinced by our True rating for White House slave claim By Louis Jacobson• July 27, 2016 Charlie Kirk’s comparison of migrant entries with US births lacks reliable data By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2022 Live: Fact-checking Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s DHS secretary confirmation hearing By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand• March 18, 2026 How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017 What exactly will new DHS ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ do? By Jeff Cercone, Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 10, 2022 Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on her agency’s role in elections By Amy Sherman• February 18, 2026
