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Search results for "ICE has been abused by the Fake News Media at levels never seen before."

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Social Media stated on January 11, 2026 in social media posts:
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 12, 2026
Jeff Flake stated on January 17, 2018 in the U.S. Senate:
Says Donald Trump's use of the term "fake news" to undermine journalism "seems (to have) inspired dictators and authoritarians."
By John Kruzel• January 22, 2018
Tim Westley stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview:
"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.
By Nusaiba Mizan• April 25, 2022
TikTok posts stated on June 30, 2025 in a TikTok post:
"People tracking the ICE deportation flights have found” the agency is throwing migrants into the middle of the ocean.
By Maria Briceño• July 15, 2025
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
PuppetStringNews.com stated on November 26, 2017 in a headline:
"Tennessee GOP twitter taken down after tweet exposing Pelosi involved in pedophilia."
By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2017
Bloggers stated on January 09, 2017 in Internet posts:
Say first grandma Marian Robinson will get a $160,000 annual pension for life when President Barack Obama leaves office.
By Joshua Gillin• January 10, 2017
Social Media stated on February 24, 2026 in social media posts:
An audio clip reveals a Jeffrey Epstein victim’s account of abuse by the Clintons.
By Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• February 26, 2026
AmericanNews.com stated on November 08, 2017 in a headline:
"BUSTED: NASA Accidentally destroys every climate change advocate by exposing massive truth behind Antarctica."
By Amy Sherman• November 20, 2017
X posts stated on June 08, 2025 in X posts:
Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests.
By Loreben Tuquero• June 9, 2025
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
Bloggers stated on August 14, 2017 in an Internet post:
"Whoopi Goldberg humiliated, handcuffed and dragged out of the TV studio."
By Joshua Gillin• August 16, 2017
religionmind.com stated on October 23, 2017 in a headline:
"Saudi Arabia to Behead 6 School Girls for Being With Their Male Friends Without Parents or a Guardian"
By Amy Sherman• November 29, 2017
Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2018 in a tweet:
"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"
By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• February 20, 2018
Rush Limbaugh stated on February 17, 2019 in in an interview:
"Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what's going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice the predictions are never for next year or the next 10 years. They're always for way, way, way, way out there, when none of us are going to be around or alive to know whether or not they were true."
By John Kruzel• February 19, 2019
Robert Menendez stated on February 13, 2017 in a tweet:
Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens."
By Miriam Valverde• February 17, 2017
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
Social Media stated on February 08, 2026 in social media posts:
An image shows Bad Bunny wearing a dress and burning the U.S. flag.
By Loreben Tuquero• February 9, 2026
Bloggers stated on May 13, 2018 in blog post headline:
"Actor Brad Pitt: ‘Trump is not my president, we have no future with this…’"
By Manuela Tobias• May 24, 2018
Now8News.com stated on April 10, 2017 in a headline:
"United Airlines flight attendant slaps crying baby during flight."
By Joshua Gillin• April 18, 2017

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By Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017

President Donald Trump's deportation of 'bad dudes'

By Miriam Valverde• March 3, 2017

The media's definition of fake news vs. Donald Trump's

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 18, 2017

What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies

By Katie Sanders• December 15, 2025

'Abolish ICE' movement is growing. Is the agency's disbanding likely?

By Miriam Valverde• July 3, 2018

How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report

By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017

18 fact-checks of things that were wrong on the Internet

By Louis Jacobson• December 28, 2014

Hurricanes and tropical storms lead to flood of misinformation

By Amy Sherman• August 28, 2019

How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business

By Joshua Gillin• December 5, 2016

When George Washington fought fake news

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 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

What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime?

By Jeff Cercone• September 27, 2024

Fact-checking Trump's campaign rallies: the final stretch

By PolitiFact Staff • November 1, 2018

When George Washington fought misinformation

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 21, 2022

Trump moves on promises on immigration, deportations in first month

By Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017

The facts behind the detention of immigrants

By Stefanie Pousoulides, Miriam Valverde• July 8, 2019

In Context: What did Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey say about police fighting ICE?

By Maria Briceño• January 16, 2026

Trump officials say ICE has higher detention standards than prisons, jails. Is that true?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2025

Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026

Don't fall for these fake Donald Trump mug shots. He didn't take one.

By Gabrielle Settles• April 5, 2023