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By Paul Specht• October 18, 2018 Mike Bost stated on October 22, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says Brendan Kelly "allowed half of the criminals he faced to walk free" and "failed to protect women who were violently assaulted," allowing "those guilty of sexual assault to cut inexcusable plea deals." By Stephen Koff• November 5, 2018 Jeff Sessions stated on March 07, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento: "California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for." By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2018 Citizens for Sanity stated on October 05, 2022 in an ad: Suggests that an immigrant charged with sexually assaulting a child entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 21, 2022 Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address: “In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on October 05, 2014 in a campaign news release: "As district attorney, Susan Happ took $180,000" in a "shady" land deal "from a man charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault before she offered him a deferred prosecution." By Dave Umhoefer• October 15, 2014 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 Steve Adler stated on February 14, 2017 in an open letter to Austin residents: "Local authorities in 43 states refused to honor more than 16,000 detainer requests from ICE from October 2013 to December 2015. Only in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming did local officials honor all requests, and detainers are relatively rare in those states." By W. Gardner Selby• February 23, 2017 Senate Leadership Fund stated on October 11, 2018 in a campaign ad: "Washington Heidi supports sanctuary cities, where illegal immigrants can be released on our streets, like this criminal, who was let go and then sexually assaulted a child." By Manuela Tobias• October 19, 2018 Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet: "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them." By Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2019 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 Commonwealth Together PAC stated on April 08, 2026 in an online ad: “Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.” By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2026 Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans." By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2019 Dawn Buckingham stated on February 08, 2017 in a campaign email blast: "Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office." By W. Gardner Selby• February 10, 2017 John Bradley stated on May 14, 2012 in an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman: Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case." By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 24, 2012 Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Toxicology report was made public by the MN prosecution revealing the cause of George Floyd’s death was a fentanyl overdose.” By Bill McCarthy• March 30, 2021 Greg Abbott stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor: "As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted." By Sue Owen• March 11, 2014 Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child By Mica Soellner• April 17, 2020 Articles (2390) Has a Venezuelan gang member been arrested in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin? By Hope Karnopp• September 27, 2024 Separating fact from fiction on California’s Sanctuary State law By Chris Nichols• August 1, 2018 Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true? By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026 Does ICE Have Unlimited Authority To Make Courthouse Arrests? By Chris Nichols• September 4, 2018 Explaining Amy Klobuchar’s role in the newly investigated conviction of Myon Burrell By Bill McCarthy• February 24, 2020 Why Wesley Snipes and Kodak Black went to prison, but Hunter Biden likely won’t By Jeff Cercone, Sevana Wenn• June 23, 2023 Recording immigration agents in public is a constitutional right. Here’s what to know By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 4, 2026 Experts question Kristi Noem calling Renee Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what it means By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026 NY comptroller Brad Lander demanded a ‘judicial warrant’ in courthouse. Do ICE agents need that? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 18, 2025 Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC? By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016 Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina By Will Doran, Paul Specht• November 24, 2025 Fact-check: What Markwayne Mullin said about Rand Paul, Alex Pretti at DHS confirmation hearing By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 18, 2026 Fact-check: Trump officials’ statements about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting by Border Patrol agents By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 26, 2026 Ad Watch: Trump ad mischaracterizes immigration data, Harris’ remarks on decriminalizing immigration By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 25, 2024 Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2015 Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2015 Trump N.Y. trial countdown: What happens after the jury’s verdict? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 29, 2024 North Carolina 'Raise The Age' push: Four mini fact-checks on criminal justice reform By Will Doran• May 3, 2017 Did Gavin Newsom 'separate families and deport children' in San Francisco? By Chris Nichols• July 12, 2018 US Rep. Steil labeled Dane County a ‘sanctuary city,’ but it’s complicated By Ricardo Torres• March 5, 2025
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Stephen Miller stated on October 24, 2025 in an interview: “To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 29, 2025 Greg Abbott stated on May 07, 2017 in a statement before signing Senate Bill 4 into law over a Facebook Live: Says Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez "declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes." By W. Gardner Selby• May 18, 2017 George Holding stated on September 27, 2018 in a TV ad: Orange County "released" a sex offender instead of turning him over to immigration authorities - "like a sanctuary city." By Paul Specht• October 18, 2018 Mike Bost stated on October 22, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says Brendan Kelly "allowed half of the criminals he faced to walk free" and "failed to protect women who were violently assaulted," allowing "those guilty of sexual assault to cut inexcusable plea deals." By Stephen Koff• November 5, 2018 Jeff Sessions stated on March 07, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento: "California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for." By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2018 Citizens for Sanity stated on October 05, 2022 in an ad: Suggests that an immigrant charged with sexually assaulting a child entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 21, 2022 Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address: “In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on October 05, 2014 in a campaign news release: "As district attorney, Susan Happ took $180,000" in a "shady" land deal "from a man charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault before she offered him a deferred prosecution." By Dave Umhoefer• October 15, 2014 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 Steve Adler stated on February 14, 2017 in an open letter to Austin residents: "Local authorities in 43 states refused to honor more than 16,000 detainer requests from ICE from October 2013 to December 2015. Only in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming did local officials honor all requests, and detainers are relatively rare in those states." By W. Gardner Selby• February 23, 2017 Senate Leadership Fund stated on October 11, 2018 in a campaign ad: "Washington Heidi supports sanctuary cities, where illegal immigrants can be released on our streets, like this criminal, who was let go and then sexually assaulted a child." By Manuela Tobias• October 19, 2018 Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet: "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them." By Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2019 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 Commonwealth Together PAC stated on April 08, 2026 in an online ad: “Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.” By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2026 Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans." By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2019 Dawn Buckingham stated on February 08, 2017 in a campaign email blast: "Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office." By W. Gardner Selby• February 10, 2017 John Bradley stated on May 14, 2012 in an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman: Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case." By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 24, 2012 Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Toxicology report was made public by the MN prosecution revealing the cause of George Floyd’s death was a fentanyl overdose.” By Bill McCarthy• March 30, 2021 Greg Abbott stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor: "As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted." By Sue Owen• March 11, 2014 Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child By Mica Soellner• April 17, 2020
Has a Venezuelan gang member been arrested in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin? By Hope Karnopp• September 27, 2024 Separating fact from fiction on California’s Sanctuary State law By Chris Nichols• August 1, 2018 Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true? By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026 Does ICE Have Unlimited Authority To Make Courthouse Arrests? By Chris Nichols• September 4, 2018 Explaining Amy Klobuchar’s role in the newly investigated conviction of Myon Burrell By Bill McCarthy• February 24, 2020 Why Wesley Snipes and Kodak Black went to prison, but Hunter Biden likely won’t By Jeff Cercone, Sevana Wenn• June 23, 2023 Recording immigration agents in public is a constitutional right. Here’s what to know By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 4, 2026 Experts question Kristi Noem calling Renee Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what it means By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026 NY comptroller Brad Lander demanded a ‘judicial warrant’ in courthouse. Do ICE agents need that? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 18, 2025 Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC? By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016 Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina By Will Doran, Paul Specht• November 24, 2025 Fact-check: What Markwayne Mullin said about Rand Paul, Alex Pretti at DHS confirmation hearing By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 18, 2026 Fact-check: Trump officials’ statements about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting by Border Patrol agents By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 26, 2026 Ad Watch: Trump ad mischaracterizes immigration data, Harris’ remarks on decriminalizing immigration By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 25, 2024 Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2015 Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2015 Trump N.Y. trial countdown: What happens after the jury’s verdict? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 29, 2024 North Carolina 'Raise The Age' push: Four mini fact-checks on criminal justice reform By Will Doran• May 3, 2017 Did Gavin Newsom 'separate families and deport children' in San Francisco? By Chris Nichols• July 12, 2018 US Rep. Steil labeled Dane County a ‘sanctuary city,’ but it’s complicated By Ricardo Torres• March 5, 2025
