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Search results for "Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide"

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Fact-checks (19530)

Greg Abbott stated on March 30, 2021 in a tweet:
“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”
By Brandon Mulder• April 6, 2021
Greg Abbott stated on November 18, 2015 in a tweet:
"8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."
By Dylan Baddour• November 20, 2015
Republican National Committee stated on June 29, 2021 in a tweet:
"Crime is escalating to a level we haven’t seen in decades as a direct result of Democrats’ defund the police movement and Biden-Harris open-border policies."
By Jon Greenberg• July 9, 2021
Rick Scott stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
"At my first ‘Let’s Get to Work Day’ … we sold out;" more than 240 dozen doughnuts by 8:30 a.m.
By Aaron Sharockman• January 10, 2012
Bloggers stated on December 09, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"Border Patrol agents were caught on film destroying supplies left to help migrants"
By Miriam Valverde• December 11, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 01, 2018 in a tweet:
Says caravans of people are coming to cross the Mexico-U.S. border.  
By W. Gardner Selby• April 2, 2018
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2022 in in a post:
"More people die from hands, fists, feet, than rifles.”
By Jeff Cercone• May 27, 2022
Tom Tancredo stated on September 19, 2016 in a fundraising email :
Says eight Americans died in a knife attack at a Minnesota mall.  
By Alan Gathright• September 20, 2016
Lamar Smith stated on December 15, 2010 in a news release:
"In the last five years, 28,000 people have been killed along the U.S.-Mexico border."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• December 31, 2010
Donald Trump stated on March 19, 2016 in a rally in Fountain Hills, Ariz. :
The 2016 federal omnibus spending bill "funds illegal immigrants coming in and through your border, right through Phoenix."
By Anthony Cave• April 2, 2016
Ron DeSantis stated on June 02, 2018 in during a BBQ :
"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."  
By Allison Graves• June 7, 2018
Ron DeSantis stated on February 07, 2022 in a news conference:
Says the Biden administration’s Unaccompanied Alien Children process has “no vetting, no transparency.”
By Yacob Reyes• February 18, 2022
Glenn Beck stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet:
“Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.”
By Miriam Valverde• February 25, 2021
Donald Trump stated on May 31, 2024 in remarks to reporters:
“Congo, Africa, just released a lot of people, a lot of people from their prisons and jails and brought them into the United States of America.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2024
Dan Patrick stated on April 16, 2019 in a press conference:
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."
By Madlin Mekelburg• April 23, 2019
Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview:
"We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.”
By Brandon Mulder• March 29, 2021
Instagram posts stated on February 01, 2024 in a video:
Removing gun-related homicides in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and St. Louis would drop the U.S. to 189th out of 193 countries in gun violence.
By Loreben Tuquero• February 27, 2024
JD Vance stated on January 22, 2026 in a press conference:
"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."
By Amy Sherman• January 28, 2026
Bloggers stated on November 02, 2018 in :
Says border patrol agent recently killed in ambush.
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 4, 2018
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

Articles (5055)

Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem?

By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2018

Denver man chokes to death on 'Tex-Ass' donut

By W. Gardner Selby• April 5, 2017

Website claims child immigrants kept in dog kennels, concentration camps. Here are the facts

By Amy Sherman• June 22, 2018

The realities of Biden’s plan to admit 100,000 Ukrainians to the US

By Madison Czopek• April 12, 2022

MOSTLY FALSE: Saudis "caught" by agents at border in Laredo

By Dylan Baddour• November 23, 2015

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022

These are PolitiFact's top 10 most-read fact-checks of Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 1, 2024

Lesson of 2014: Check the facts behind Mexico border claims

By W. Gardner Selby• December 23, 2014

Fact-checking claim about Venezuela sending prisoners to the US southern border

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 29, 2022

A primer on Trump before his second Georgia visit

By April Hunt• November 29, 2015

Clarifying the nuances in immigration law after DeSantis sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

By Yacob Reyes• September 23, 2022

Fact-checking Trump's first general election ad on immigration

By Miriam Valverde• August 25, 2016

Mailbag: Rick Scott, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Tampa strip clubs

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 19, 2012

The context behind Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s dueling immigration speeches at the Texas border

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 1, 2024

PolitiFact Sheet: What we know about the caravan heading to the United States

By Miriam Valverde• October 22, 2018

Were migrant children who died very sick before taken into U.S. custody, as Trump claimed?

By Miriam Valverde• January 3, 2019

Have there been more US mass shootings than days in 2024? Common statistic needs context

By Amy Sherman• February 16, 2024

Charlie Kirk’s comparison of migrant entries with US births lacks reliable data

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2022

Mailbag: 'I regard this fact-check as a total failure ... Get your act together'

By Katie Sanders• September 13, 2013

Fact-check: Bahamas evacuees without visas ordered off US-bound ferry

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• September 10, 2019