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Search results for "Mexican immigrant died in US immigration custody"

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Fact-checks (16540)

Lamar Smith stated on May 20, 2010 in an interview with the Fox News Network:
Mexican government officials "hand out brochures showing individuals how they can avoid our Border Patrol, how they can get into our country."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 30, 2010
Bloggers stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration.  
By Samantha Putterman• January 2, 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
Tyler Kistner stated on February 22, 2022 in an ad:
Joe Biden "has been secretly flying illegal immigrants into communities across the country in the middle of the night."
By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2022
Marco Rubio stated on January 31, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.
By Lauren Carroll• January 31, 2016
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate:
Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country."
By Lauren Carroll• November 11, 2015
Instagram posts stated on September 08, 2024 in Instagram posts:
Immigrants get $2,000 each time they cross the border illegally.
By Sofia Ahmed• September 12, 2024
Leah Vukmir stated on July 05, 2018 in a news release:
Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement."
By Tom Kertscher• July 13, 2018
Steve Scalise stated on February 04, 2024 in a post on X:
The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 6, 2024
Michael J. Gardiner stated on June 22, 2010 in a posting on his website:
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration "because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 25, 2010
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
Tim Kaine stated on August 01, 2016 in a speech.:
Donald Trump says "all Mexicans are rapists."
By Warren Fiske• August 8, 2016
Joaquin Castro stated on April 28, 2023 in a tweet:
“Title 42 and other Trump-era holdovers are forcing migrants into dangerous, overcrowded conditions in Mexico.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 5, 2023
Tom Cotton stated on February 01, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview:
"A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security."
By Miriam Valverde• February 3, 2021
Bill Clinton stated on June 17, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
"Between 2010 and 2014, there was no net in-migration from Mexico."
By Jon Greenberg• June 22, 2015
Barack Obama stated on July 01, 2010 in a speech:
"Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2010
Ron Kind stated on February 16, 2017 in a radio interview:
"We're experiencing a net outflow of illegal, undocumented workers from America back to Mexico."  
By Eric Litke• April 26, 2017
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
Rand Paul stated on December 15, 2015 in in the CNN debate in Las Vegas:
Says Marco Rubio "is the one for an open border."  
By Amy Sherman• December 16, 2015
Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.”
By Amy Sherman• August 5, 2021

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Were migrant children who died very sick before taken into U.S. custody, as Trump claimed?

By Miriam Valverde• January 3, 2019

Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections

By Sandy West• July 31, 2025

Explaining the Supreme Court immigration ruling on ‘Remain in Mexico’

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 7, 2022

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

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2025

Fact-checking Richard Corcoran and Andrew Gillum's fiery debate on sanctuary cities

By Romy Ellenbogen, Allison Graves, Jimena Tavel• February 14, 2018

Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC?

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016

In Context: 'Senator, you've whipped out that Mexican thing again'

By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2016

Immigration in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report

By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018

5 myths about immigration

By Will Cabaniss• July 2, 2015

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

By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017

Fact-checking Obama and others on border claims

By • May 10, 2011

Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true?

By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026

The latest on reunification of families separated at the border, Trump immigration policy

By Miriam Valverde• July 12, 2018

Ad Watch: Trump ad mischaracterizes immigration data, Harris’ remarks on decriminalizing immigration

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 25, 2024

A surprising number of Americans believe these false claims about immigrants. Here are the facts

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 6, 2022

Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem?

By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2018

FACT SHEET: Immigration

By Adriel Bettelheim• January 15, 2008

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweets about the border, DACA

By Miriam Valverde• April 2, 2018

10 fact-checks about immigration in the presidential race

By Amy Sherman• August 27, 2015

Title 42 expiration: What's next for migrants applying for asylum at US’ southern border?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2023