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Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras.

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022

Ted Cruz stated on August 04, 2021 in an interview:

“In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country."

By Brandon Mulder• September 3, 2021

Gary Sides stated on August 03, 2021 in a school board meeting:

The United States' southern border is "basically open" and is "a super spreader event.”

By Paul Specht• August 13, 2021

Michael Burgess stated on June 24, 2019 in an MSNBC interview:

Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of."

By Miriam Valverde• July 10, 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

Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners."

By Samantha Putterman• July 17, 2019

X posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a tweet:

Photo shows migrants heading to U.S. border in May 2023.

By Samantha Putterman• May 8, 2023

Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.

By Amy Sherman• September 23, 2021

Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2021 in Facebook posts:

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris forced our troops to sleep on the floor of a garage, yet has authorized $89 million for hotel rooms for illegal immigrants.”

By Noah Y. Kim• March 22, 2021

Donald Trump stated on August 06, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"The Mexican government ... they send the bad ones over."

By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2015

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

Bloggers stated on October 31, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"Caravan Violence: Invaders Shoot At Police, Set Fire To Immigration Checkpoint"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 13, 2018

Donald Trump stated on July 08, 2015 in an interview with NBC's Katy Tur:

"The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country."

By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2015

Mark Walker stated on January 09, 2019 in a tweet:

"The debate on securing our border can't be measured in partisan jabs. It has to be measured in the human toll caused by porous borders: 1/3 migrant women are sexually assaulted; 7/10 migrants are victims of violence; 20k migrant children were illegally smuggled last month."

By Bill McCarthy• January 21, 2019

Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in a CNN interview:

"We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year."

By Miriam Valverde• March 17, 2021

TikTok posts stated on May 15, 2023 in a TikTok video:

"Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border.

By Jeff Cercone• May 19, 2023

Tyler Lee stated on January 27, 2022 in a tweet:

ICE has been illegally releasing immigrants “in Huntersville #NC13 at big box retail locations. Feds aren’t notifying anyone, just making secret drops at 3am.”

By Paul Specht• February 8, 2022

Katie Pavlich stated on April 01, 2021 in a TV segment:

“The Biden administration is engaging in human trafficking because they are enabling this to happen” at the southern border.

By Bill McCarthy• April 6, 2021

Steve Scalise stated on February 04, 2024 in a post on X:

The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 6, 2024

Greg Abbott stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:

“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."

By Brandon Mulder• July 2, 2021

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