12 People 24403 Fact-checks 7774 Articles People (12) Tariq El-Shabazz Oregon Transformation Project Everytown for Gun Safety Safety For All Initiative Violence Policy Center Freedom From Religion Foundation Virginia Center for Public Safety Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund Fact-checks (24403) 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 August 01, 2019 in a rally: "The homicide rate in Baltimore is significantly higher than El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. ... I believe it’s higher than Afghanistan." By John Kruzel• August 2, 2019 Geraldo Rivera stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview on Fox News' Hannity: Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall." By Miriam Valverde• December 15, 2016 Republican National Committee stated on July 22, 2024 in a video: President Joe Biden appointed "Kamala Harris to be his border czar to deal with illegal immigration … Harris was put in charge of stopping illegal immigration." By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 24, 2024 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 Bloggers stated on December 01, 2016 in an MRCTV post: "More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all." By Miriam Valverde• December 7, 2016 Donald Trump stated on January 18, 2018 in a tweet: Mexico is "now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world." By Manuela Tobias• January 24, 2018 Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview: The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.” By Miriam Valverde• March 24, 2021 Facebook posts stated on April 04, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”. By Maria Briceño• April 12, 2023 Donald Trump stated on June 19, 2018 in speech at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration: "There's been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years." By Manuela Tobias• June 21, 2018 Jeff Sessions stated on September 05, 2017 in remarks at the Justice Department: Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border." By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2017 Kirstjen Nielsen stated on July 19, 2018 in an interview: "There are billboards in Central America in the Northern Triangle countries advertising how to grab a kid to get into the United States illegally." By Miriam Valverde• July 23, 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 Greg Abbott stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview: Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border. By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• September 1, 2010 Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook: Imagen muestra a “uno de los manifestantes que participó en el vandalismo contra un concesionario de Tesla. La deportación a El Salvador fue consecuencia de sus acciones”. By Maria Briceño• March 27, 2025 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 TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2026 in una publicación en TikTok: El Presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele dijo, “con las guerras que ha empezado Donald Trump les pido a todos los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos que piensen en salir de ese país”. By Maria Briceño• March 9, 2026 John Cornyn stated on March 17, 2010 in in a letter to President Barack Obama: "The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2010 TikTok posts stated on May 10, 2023 in un video de TikTok: “El gobierno de Estados Unidos estará otorgando 30,000 visas mensuales" para personas de Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador "para poder venir a vivir a los Estados Unidos por dos años con permiso de trabajo". By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 19, 2023 Bill O'Reilly stated on July 08, 2014 in comments on Fox News: "More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here." By Jon Greenberg• July 18, 2014 Articles (7774) Donald Trump’s altered Abrego Garcia photo: Why gang experts dismiss MS-13 link to finger tattoos By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2025 Central America and the root causes of migration to the US By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2021 Migrants at the southwest border: The Northern Triangle nations By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2018 Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem? By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2018 Donald Trump’s ‘s---hole countries’ remark and its policy history By Miriam Valverde• January 12, 2018 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 Fact-checking Nayib Bukele and Trump officials on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 14, 2025 PolitiFact and PunditFact fact-check the debate over immigration By Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 28, 2014 Trump's real border crisis is the overwhelmed asylum system, experts say By Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019 Fact-checking Donald Trump's Long Island speech to law enforcement By John Kruzel, Aaron Sharockman, Manuela Tobias• July 28, 2017 Donald Trump acepta la nominación republicana: verificamos su discurso en la RNC By PolitiFact Staff • July 19, 2024 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 Año de las Mentiras: ¿Deportan a ‘los peores de los peores’? Datos y testimonios dicen los contrario By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 18, 2025 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 fact-check: 2024 RNC speech in Milwaukee full of falsehoods about immigrants, economy By PolitiFact Staff • July 19, 2024 US hasn’t announced plans to expand immigration humanitarian parole program By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 19, 2023 Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• August 25, 2025 Fact-checking claims on immigration By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Molly O'Connor, W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2014 What Mexico has done to curb illegal immigration to United States, a look beyond Trump’s tweets By Miriam Valverde• June 14, 2019 Tren de Aragua: Que sabemos sobre la pandilla venezolana que Trump designó como terrorista By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 25, 2025
Tariq El-Shabazz Oregon Transformation Project Everytown for Gun Safety Safety For All Initiative Violence Policy Center Freedom From Religion Foundation Virginia Center for Public Safety Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
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 August 01, 2019 in a rally: "The homicide rate in Baltimore is significantly higher than El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. ... I believe it’s higher than Afghanistan." By John Kruzel• August 2, 2019 Geraldo Rivera stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview on Fox News' Hannity: Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall." By Miriam Valverde• December 15, 2016 Republican National Committee stated on July 22, 2024 in a video: President Joe Biden appointed "Kamala Harris to be his border czar to deal with illegal immigration … Harris was put in charge of stopping illegal immigration." By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 24, 2024 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 Bloggers stated on December 01, 2016 in an MRCTV post: "More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all." By Miriam Valverde• December 7, 2016 Donald Trump stated on January 18, 2018 in a tweet: Mexico is "now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world." By Manuela Tobias• January 24, 2018 Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview: The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.” By Miriam Valverde• March 24, 2021 Facebook posts stated on April 04, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”. By Maria Briceño• April 12, 2023 Donald Trump stated on June 19, 2018 in speech at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration: "There's been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years." By Manuela Tobias• June 21, 2018 Jeff Sessions stated on September 05, 2017 in remarks at the Justice Department: Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border." By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2017 Kirstjen Nielsen stated on July 19, 2018 in an interview: "There are billboards in Central America in the Northern Triangle countries advertising how to grab a kid to get into the United States illegally." By Miriam Valverde• July 23, 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 Greg Abbott stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview: Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border. By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• September 1, 2010 Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook: Imagen muestra a “uno de los manifestantes que participó en el vandalismo contra un concesionario de Tesla. La deportación a El Salvador fue consecuencia de sus acciones”. By Maria Briceño• March 27, 2025 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 TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2026 in una publicación en TikTok: El Presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele dijo, “con las guerras que ha empezado Donald Trump les pido a todos los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos que piensen en salir de ese país”. By Maria Briceño• March 9, 2026 John Cornyn stated on March 17, 2010 in in a letter to President Barack Obama: "The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2010 TikTok posts stated on May 10, 2023 in un video de TikTok: “El gobierno de Estados Unidos estará otorgando 30,000 visas mensuales" para personas de Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador "para poder venir a vivir a los Estados Unidos por dos años con permiso de trabajo". By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 19, 2023 Bill O'Reilly stated on July 08, 2014 in comments on Fox News: "More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here." By Jon Greenberg• July 18, 2014
Donald Trump’s altered Abrego Garcia photo: Why gang experts dismiss MS-13 link to finger tattoos By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2025 Central America and the root causes of migration to the US By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2021 Migrants at the southwest border: The Northern Triangle nations By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2018 Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem? By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2018 Donald Trump’s ‘s---hole countries’ remark and its policy history By Miriam Valverde• January 12, 2018 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 Fact-checking Nayib Bukele and Trump officials on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 14, 2025 PolitiFact and PunditFact fact-check the debate over immigration By Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 28, 2014 Trump's real border crisis is the overwhelmed asylum system, experts say By Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019 Fact-checking Donald Trump's Long Island speech to law enforcement By John Kruzel, Aaron Sharockman, Manuela Tobias• July 28, 2017 Donald Trump acepta la nominación republicana: verificamos su discurso en la RNC By PolitiFact Staff • July 19, 2024 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 Año de las Mentiras: ¿Deportan a ‘los peores de los peores’? Datos y testimonios dicen los contrario By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 18, 2025 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 fact-check: 2024 RNC speech in Milwaukee full of falsehoods about immigrants, economy By PolitiFact Staff • July 19, 2024 US hasn’t announced plans to expand immigration humanitarian parole program By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 19, 2023 Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• August 25, 2025 Fact-checking claims on immigration By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Molly O'Connor, W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2014 What Mexico has done to curb illegal immigration to United States, a look beyond Trump’s tweets By Miriam Valverde• June 14, 2019 Tren de Aragua: Que sabemos sobre la pandilla venezolana que Trump designó como terrorista By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 25, 2025
