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National Border Patrol Council stated on July 28, 2016 in a statement:

"Interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low."

By Miriam Valverde• August 5, 2016

Donald Trump stated on May 05, 2018 in a speech in Cleveland:

A "catch and release" immigration policy "is a Democrat rule, Sherrod Brown, this is a Democrat rule."

By Amy Sherman• May 11, 2018

Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix:

"Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."

By Louis Jacobson• September 2, 2016

Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a campaign speech in Phoenix:

"There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they’ve been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals."

By Allison Graves• September 1, 2016

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

Leah Vukmir stated on July 05, 2018 in a news release:

Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement."

By Tom Kertscher• July 13, 2018

Jody Hice stated on November 12, 2020 in a tweet:

Democrats “spent 4 years refusing to acknowledge Trump’s 2016 victory.”

By Hayat Norimine• November 24, 2020

Tricia McLaughlin stated on November 17, 2025 in an interview posted to X:

“There’s about 1,400 criminal illegal aliens that, right now, are in North Carolina and Charlotte’s jails that they refuse to turn over to ICE law enforcement.”

By Paul Specht• November 24, 2025

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

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

Henry Cuellar stated on February 22, 2019 in a press conference:

Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."

By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2019

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

Corey Stewart stated on June 30, 2018 in in a Facebook live video:

"Tim Kaine doesn’t want a border at all. He wants to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and basically the border patrol as well."

By Bill McCarthy• July 3, 2018

Commonsense Ten stated on September 15, 2010 in a TV ad:

Says Roy Blunt "secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris" into a national security bill while "Blunt's girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 Philip Morris executives wrote checks to Blunt totaling $23,000."

By Robert Farley• October 5, 2010

Hillary Clinton stated on October 24, 2016 in a rally in New Hampshire:

Says Donald Trump is "the first person running for president, Republican or Democrat, who refused to say that he would respect the results of this election."

By Lauren Carroll• October 25, 2016

Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in In a speech at the Republican convention:

"The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015."

By Miriam Valverde• July 22, 2016

Ron DeSantis stated on September 02, 2018 in a radio interview:

Says Andrew Gillum "wants to abolish ICE and doesn't believe in doing any type of immigration enforcement."

By Miriam Valverde• September 11, 2018

NC True Conservatives PAC stated on January 20, 2026 in a video advertisement:

Says Sam Page “got busted calling Trump’s (immigration) plan unrealistic.”

By Paul Specht• February 25, 2026

Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:

Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.”

By Amy Sherman• July 29, 2024

Instagram posts stated on November 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The Biden administration is deporting Cubans “because Cubans by and large are conservatives.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 23, 2022

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