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Kristi Noem stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:

“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.

By Nick Karmia, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 31, 2025

TikTok posts stated on September 07, 2025 in a TikTok post:

Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”

By Maria Briceño• September 8, 2025

TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post:

If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone.

By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025

Threads posts stated on July 28, 2025 in a Threads post:

“Home Depot signed a deal that pays them $250 million with DHS, allowing ICE agents to stake out their parking lots and arrest immigrants.”

By Maria Briceño• August 5, 2025

Ken Cuccinelli stated on August 22, 2019 in a panel discussion:

A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families."

By John Kruzel• August 26, 2019

Greg Abbott stated on February 06, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373.

By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2017

Kathy Hochul stated on February 22, 2024 in an interview:

In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over.

By Jill Terreri Ramos• March 29, 2024

Donald Trump stated on January 21, 2026 in a speech in Davos:

Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”

By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• January 26, 2026

Gavin Newsom stated on March 07, 2017 in a tweet:

"Cost of iPhone: $399 - Cost of healthcare for 1 year: $10,345 - Hearing @jasoninthehouse compare the 2 as if they are the same: priceless"

By Chris Nichols• March 10, 2017

Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2016 in the second presidential debate:

"ICE just endorsed me."

By Miriam Valverde• October 10, 2016

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

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

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

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

Donald Trump stated on December 18, 2018 in in a tweet:

Says 19,000 text messages exchanged between former FBI officials that were "purposely and illegally deleted ... would have explained (the special counsel investigation) hoax."

By John Kruzel• December 19, 2018

Facebook posts stated on November 09, 2020 in a series of videos:

Siri gave “CONFIRMATION of the Democrats' sinister plan to REMOVE Sleepy Joe immediately using the 25th Amendment and instate Kamala Harris as President!”

By Daniel Funke• November 10, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.”

By Andy Nguyen• April 14, 2022

Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."

By Grace Abels• June 30, 2022

Bill Nelson stated on July 23, 2018 in a Senate floor speech:

Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children."

By Miriam Valverde• July 26, 2018

Ashley Moody stated on March 03, 2026 in a Senate hearing:

The Biden administration "reversed" a policy of deporting people in the country illegally who have committed felonies.

By Samantha Putterman• March 5, 2026

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