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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

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

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

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

Quentin Miller stated on February 26, 2019 in a speech:

Says an ICE detainer request "is not a valid warrant."

By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht• March 28, 2019

Joe DeFelice stated on January 25, 2017 in :

"From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities."

By Cassie Owens• January 31, 2017

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

Ashley Moody stated on March 09, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview:

Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders.

By Miriam Valverde• March 12, 2021

Dan Forest stated on November 25, 2019 in a press conference:

Says immigrants wanted by ICE have victimized "tens of thousands of children" in North Carolina.

By Paul Specht• December 18, 2019

Lamar Smith stated on May 31, 2014 in a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News:

"Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 10, 2014

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

Chris Christie stated on October 18, 2023 in an interview:

“In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 20, 2023

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 August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:

The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration.

By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2016

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

Pat Toomey stated on June 27, 2016 in a statement:

"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."

By Anna Orso• July 8, 2016

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

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

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

Patty Murray stated on May 08, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing:

"Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."

By Miriam Valverde• May 11, 2018

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