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X posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet:

ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.”

By Nusaiba Mizan• May 25, 2022

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

“Less than 500 people a year killed by all rifles combined” and “4,000 a year killed by illegals.”

By Tom Kertscher• March 30, 2021

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

Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article:

An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."

By Chris Nichols• October 20, 2017

Viral image stated on August 03, 2019 in posts on Facebook:

"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."

By Louis Jacobson• August 6, 2019

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

Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts:

Viral photo shows the woman killed by an ICE agent Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.

By Maria Briceño• January 8, 2026

Jennifer Horn stated on October 21, 2015 in a memo:

In 2008, Maggie Hassan voted against legislation to "prevent sanctuary cities in New Hampshire."

By Allie Morris• November 25, 2015

Boyd Richie stated on May 20, 2010 in an e-mail blast.:

Says Gov. Rick Perry is "spending Texans’ hard-earned money to live like Louie XIV."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 26, 2010

Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix:

"Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."

By Louis Jacobson• September 2, 2016

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

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

Tom McClintock stated on January 29, 2019 in a speech:

"In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans."

By Chris Nichols• February 20, 2019

Ted Cruz stated on August 21, 2015 in answering a reporter in Iowa:

"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 28, 2015

Rick Perry stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa.:

Says the Obama administration catches and releases nonviolent illegal immigrants.

By W. Gardner Selby• December 16, 2011

Lamar Smith stated on July 12, 2011 in a legislative proposal.:

On applying prosecutorial discretion to immigration cases.

By W. Gardner Selby• August 7, 2011

Kamala Harris stated on February 24, 2019 in a podcast:

Says handing over arrested undocumented youth to ICE "was an unintended consequence" of a 2008 San Francisco policy that she supported.

By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2019

Ted Cruz stated on August 03, 2018 in a video ad made public by the Texas Tribune:

Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 6, 2018

Sally Hernandez stated on April 18, 2017 in an oped commentary co-authored by four other Texas sheriffs:

"FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 10, 2017

TikTok posts stated on March 29, 2023 in a post:

Morgan Freeman called out Joe Biden for talking about “ice cream” before commenting on the Nashville, Tennessee, school shooting.

By Gabrielle Settles• April 3, 2023

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