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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
Philip Van Cleave stated on December 09, 2019 in a speech.:
U.S. and Virginia murders are "usually gangbangers killing gangbangers."   
By Warren Fiske• January 9, 2020
Pierre Thomas stated on May 25, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":
From 2000 to 2008, we averaged "about five mass shootings a year. We're now averaging 15. So that's a three-fold increase."
By Jon Greenberg• May 28, 2014
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
Chain email stated on January 24, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris:
"Hillary's main extracurricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent."
By Robert Farley• February 15, 2008
Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2020 in a meme:
A CNN headline reads: “Members of Crip gang volunteer to fight wildfires after sky turns red.”
By Daniel Funke• September 15, 2020
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
Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech:
The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."
By Miriam Valverde• February 26, 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
CSC Mediagroup.USA stated on January 30, 2018 in a headline:
Democrats "booed families of children murdered by MS13."
By Amy Sherman• February 1, 2018
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
Louie Gohmert stated on May 10, 2011 in a radio interview.:
Says Gov. Rick Perry has been "begging" for the federal government to send the Coast Guard to patrol two lakes on the U.S.-Mexico border.
By W. Gardner Selby• May 24, 2011
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
Michael Cutler stated on June 07, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV:
"A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 19, 2011
Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video:
"Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again."
By Robert Farley• June 20, 2011
Dan Patrick stated on June 27, 2013 in a campaign video:
Says the 2014-15 state budget "cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs."
By Sue Owen• August 2, 2013
Garry McCarthy stated on January 15, 2019 in a campaign ad:
Says Chicago "had the lowest murder rates in a generation" during his time as police superintendent.
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• January 27, 2019
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
Viral image stated on October 27, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows a man who tortured his daughter’s rapist.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 27, 2022
Andrea Mitchell stated on October 14, 2018 in in a panel discussion:
A letter to President Donald Trump from 22 senators "is a way of saying to the president, ‘You are now under an affirmative requirement, legal requirement, to investigate' " journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and suspected murder.
By John Kruzel• October 16, 2018

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By Katie Sanders• December 18, 2014

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By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016

Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13

By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018

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Trump skewed the facts about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, MS-13 gang and deportation

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