6 People 26072 Fact-checks 8336 Articles People (6) Yes on 22 Liquid Death Florida Immigrant Coalition Immigration Policy Center Federation for American Immigration Reform Yes On 62 campaign to abolish California's death penalty Fact-checks (26072) Weston Pagano stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium: Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times." By Amy Sherman• July 12, 2019 Wolf Blitzer stated on June 19, 2018 in in an interview: "Most (immigrants) do show up in court." By John Kruzel• June 26, 2018 Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2024 in a speech: “Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 15, 2024 Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview: “(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 11, 2024 Bill Nelson stated on July 23, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children." By Miriam Valverde• July 26, 2018 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 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 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 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 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 Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2024 in a 2024 campaign ad: Kamala Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.” By Grace Abels• October 18, 2024 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 Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release: Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.” By Madison Czopek• May 13, 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 Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border." By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2014 Kristi Noem stated on February 02, 2025 in an interview: At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2025 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 Citizens for Sanity stated on October 07, 2022 in an ad: “Every single Senate Democrat voted against hiring more border agents. They voted against deporting felons. And they voted against ending catch and release.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 21, 2022 Hillary Clinton stated on March 09, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami: In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to stand with vigilantes known as Minutemen who were taking up outposts along the border to hunt down immigrants." By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2016 Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2019 Articles (8336) How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017 Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform By Sophie Austin, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• July 19, 2020 Trump officials say ICE has higher detention standards than prisons, jails. Is that true? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2025 Do 70% of immigrant detainees have criminal convictions or charges? Fact-checking Kristi Noem By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 23, 2026 Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections By Sandy West• July 31, 2025 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the U.S. is running concentration camps. Many historians are skeptical By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019 Year of the Lies: ‘Worst of the worst’? ICE deports brothers after years of check-ins, good conduct By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 18, 2025 Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026 The facts behind the detention of immigrants By Stefanie Pousoulides, Miriam Valverde• July 8, 2019 What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 4, 2025 President Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS secretary. A look back at her falsehoods By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 5, 2026 What do articles of impeachment say Alejandro Mayorkas did or didn’t do? By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• February 16, 2024 The context behind Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s dueling immigration speeches at the Texas border By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 1, 2024 How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023 Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016 Donald Trump's executive order ending his administration's separation of immigrant families By Miriam Valverde• June 25, 2018 Joe Biden tackles immigration, hoping to undo Trump-era policies By Miriam Valverde• January 21, 2021 Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true? By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026 Website claims child immigrants kept in dog kennels, concentration camps. Here are the facts By Amy Sherman• June 22, 2018 Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 1, 2025
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Weston Pagano stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium: Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times." By Amy Sherman• July 12, 2019 Wolf Blitzer stated on June 19, 2018 in in an interview: "Most (immigrants) do show up in court." By John Kruzel• June 26, 2018 Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2024 in a speech: “Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 15, 2024 Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview: “(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 11, 2024 Bill Nelson stated on July 23, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children." By Miriam Valverde• July 26, 2018 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 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 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 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 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 Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2024 in a 2024 campaign ad: Kamala Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.” By Grace Abels• October 18, 2024 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 Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release: Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.” By Madison Czopek• May 13, 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 Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border." By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2014 Kristi Noem stated on February 02, 2025 in an interview: At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2025 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 Citizens for Sanity stated on October 07, 2022 in an ad: “Every single Senate Democrat voted against hiring more border agents. They voted against deporting felons. And they voted against ending catch and release.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 21, 2022 Hillary Clinton stated on March 09, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami: In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to stand with vigilantes known as Minutemen who were taking up outposts along the border to hunt down immigrants." By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2016 Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2019
How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017 Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform By Sophie Austin, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• July 19, 2020 Trump officials say ICE has higher detention standards than prisons, jails. Is that true? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2025 Do 70% of immigrant detainees have criminal convictions or charges? Fact-checking Kristi Noem By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 23, 2026 Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections By Sandy West• July 31, 2025 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the U.S. is running concentration camps. Many historians are skeptical By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019 Year of the Lies: ‘Worst of the worst’? ICE deports brothers after years of check-ins, good conduct By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 18, 2025 Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026 The facts behind the detention of immigrants By Stefanie Pousoulides, Miriam Valverde• July 8, 2019 What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 4, 2025 President Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS secretary. A look back at her falsehoods By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 5, 2026 What do articles of impeachment say Alejandro Mayorkas did or didn’t do? By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• February 16, 2024 The context behind Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s dueling immigration speeches at the Texas border By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 1, 2024 How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023 Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016 Donald Trump's executive order ending his administration's separation of immigrant families By Miriam Valverde• June 25, 2018 Joe Biden tackles immigration, hoping to undo Trump-era policies By Miriam Valverde• January 21, 2021 Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true? By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026 Website claims child immigrants kept in dog kennels, concentration camps. Here are the facts By Amy Sherman• June 22, 2018 Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 1, 2025
