3 People 17425 Fact-checks 5933 Articles People (3) George Holding Tariq El-Shabazz Town hall audience member Fact-checks (17425) JD Vance stated on April 01, 2025 in a post on X: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.” By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2025 Donald Trump stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview with ABC News: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’” By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2025 Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet: "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• April 18, 2017 Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors." By Miriam Valverde• February 7, 2018 Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston: Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation." By W. Gardner Selby• October 25, 2018 Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2017 in an immigration roundtable discussion: "We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members. By Miriam Valverde• June 30, 2017 Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2018 in a tweet: "I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13." By Miriam Valverde• July 9, 2018 Donald Trump stated on July 02, 2018 in a tweet: Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13." By Chris Nichols• July 3, 2018 Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 25, 2018 in an attack ad: Says Jacky Rosen "voted against stopping criminals from re-entering the United States." By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2018 Donald Trump stated on May 15, 2018 in a speech: Says of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands." By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2018 Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” By Tom Kertscher• November 23, 2021 Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.” By Samantha Putterman• May 10, 2023 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 Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals." By Ciara O'Rourke• July 25, 2019 Nicolle Wallace stated on August 05, 2019 in on MSNBC: Says President Donald Trump is "talking about exterminating Latinos." By Bill McCarthy• August 8, 2019 Donald Trump stated on May 22, 2018 in a speech: Says "Nancy Pelosi came out in favor of MS-13." By Miriam Valverde• May 24, 2018 Donald Trump stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview: “If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2025 Rush Limbaugh stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show": "Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border." By Jon Greenberg• June 30, 2014 X posts stated on April 05, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals." By Miriam Valverde• April 8, 2019 Joe Biden stated on August 07, 2019 in a campaign stop in Iowa: Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’." By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2019 Articles (5933) Trump skewed the facts about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, MS-13 gang and deportation By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• April 23, 2025 Donald Trump’s altered Abrego Garcia photo: Why gang experts dismiss MS-13 link to finger tattoos By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2025 Fact-checking Nayib Bukele and Trump officials on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 14, 2025 Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• August 25, 2025 Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13 By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018 Tren de Aragua: What we know about the Venezuelan gang Donald Trump promised to deport By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 1, 2024 Central America and the root causes of migration to the US By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2021 It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025 By Maria Briceño• December 29, 2025 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 Donald Trump’s misleading claims about immigration in State of the Union address By Miriam Valverde• January 31, 2018 Why did a court rule that Trump can’t deport Tren de Aragua members using the Alien Enemies Act? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 3, 2025 President Donald Trump called for a judge’s impeachment. It’s unlikely to happen. By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2025 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 in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s misleading immigration claims in meeting with California officials By Miriam Valverde• May 17, 2018 Cómo falsedades y engaños impulsaron la agenda migratoria de Trump en sus primeros 100 días By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 In Context: Donald Trump's comments about immigrants, ‘animals’ By Miriam Valverde• May 17, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump's Long Island speech to law enforcement By John Kruzel, Aaron Sharockman, Manuela Tobias• July 28, 2017 Tren de Aragua: Que sabemos sobre la pandilla venezolana que Trump designó como terrorista By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 25, 2025 What Donald Trump got wrong in his Tennessee rally for Marsha Blackburn By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 30, 2018
JD Vance stated on April 01, 2025 in a post on X: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.” By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2025 Donald Trump stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview with ABC News: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’” By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2025 Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet: "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• April 18, 2017 Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors." By Miriam Valverde• February 7, 2018 Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston: Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation." By W. Gardner Selby• October 25, 2018 Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2017 in an immigration roundtable discussion: "We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members. By Miriam Valverde• June 30, 2017 Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2018 in a tweet: "I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13." By Miriam Valverde• July 9, 2018 Donald Trump stated on July 02, 2018 in a tweet: Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13." By Chris Nichols• July 3, 2018 Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 25, 2018 in an attack ad: Says Jacky Rosen "voted against stopping criminals from re-entering the United States." By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2018 Donald Trump stated on May 15, 2018 in a speech: Says of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands." By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2018 Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” By Tom Kertscher• November 23, 2021 Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.” By Samantha Putterman• May 10, 2023 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 Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals." By Ciara O'Rourke• July 25, 2019 Nicolle Wallace stated on August 05, 2019 in on MSNBC: Says President Donald Trump is "talking about exterminating Latinos." By Bill McCarthy• August 8, 2019 Donald Trump stated on May 22, 2018 in a speech: Says "Nancy Pelosi came out in favor of MS-13." By Miriam Valverde• May 24, 2018 Donald Trump stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview: “If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2025 Rush Limbaugh stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show": "Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border." By Jon Greenberg• June 30, 2014 X posts stated on April 05, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals." By Miriam Valverde• April 8, 2019 Joe Biden stated on August 07, 2019 in a campaign stop in Iowa: Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’." By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2019
Trump skewed the facts about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, MS-13 gang and deportation By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• April 23, 2025 Donald Trump’s altered Abrego Garcia photo: Why gang experts dismiss MS-13 link to finger tattoos By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2025 Fact-checking Nayib Bukele and Trump officials on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 14, 2025 Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• August 25, 2025 Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13 By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018 Tren de Aragua: What we know about the Venezuelan gang Donald Trump promised to deport By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 1, 2024 Central America and the root causes of migration to the US By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2021 It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025 By Maria Briceño• December 29, 2025 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 Donald Trump’s misleading claims about immigration in State of the Union address By Miriam Valverde• January 31, 2018 Why did a court rule that Trump can’t deport Tren de Aragua members using the Alien Enemies Act? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 3, 2025 President Donald Trump called for a judge’s impeachment. It’s unlikely to happen. By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2025 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 in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s misleading immigration claims in meeting with California officials By Miriam Valverde• May 17, 2018 Cómo falsedades y engaños impulsaron la agenda migratoria de Trump en sus primeros 100 días By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 In Context: Donald Trump's comments about immigrants, ‘animals’ By Miriam Valverde• May 17, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump's Long Island speech to law enforcement By John Kruzel, Aaron Sharockman, Manuela Tobias• July 28, 2017 Tren de Aragua: Que sabemos sobre la pandilla venezolana que Trump designó como terrorista By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 25, 2025 What Donald Trump got wrong in his Tennessee rally for Marsha Blackburn By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 30, 2018
