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Robert Brown stated on June 02, 2011 in a press release:
Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War.
By Willoughby Mariano• July 1, 2011
Eric Swalwell stated on June 09, 2024 in a post on X:
Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 10, 2024
Lou Dobbs stated on July 01, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight':
The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration."
By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2014
Adam Putnam stated on June 07, 2018 in an interview with Fox News:
Florida taxpayers "pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens."
By Allison Graves• June 26, 2018
Jeb Bush stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in New Hampshire:
"The federal government right now does not deport criminals."  
By Amy Sherman• August 26, 2015
Sherrod Brown stated on December 09, 2010 in a CNN interview:
The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires."
By Stephen Koff• December 15, 2010
William Barr stated on September 16, 2020 in a speech at a Hillsdale College event:
“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."
By Jon Greenberg• September 22, 2020
Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Hank Aaron’s death was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine.
By Noah Y. Kim• January 26, 2021
Donald Trump stated on November 13, 2016 in a 60 Minutes interview:
Says there are "probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million" criminal immigrants in the country illegally.
By Miriam Valverde• November 15, 2016
Kamala Harris stated on June 27, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate:
Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program
By Chris Nichols• June 28, 2019
Joe Biden stated on February 14, 2020 in an interview with Jorge Ramos:
“You had the last two administrations deport twice as many people as we deported — twice as many.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 13, 2020
John Legend stated on February 22, 2015 in a speech at the Oscars:
"We live in the most incarcerated country in the world."
By Katie Sanders• February 23, 2015
Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an image:
Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts."
By Daniel Funke• June 18, 2020
American Principles in Action stated on August 07, 2012 in an advertisement:
Says Barack Obama "has deported more people than any other president in this country's history."
By Louis Jacobson• August 10, 2012
Instagram posts stated on July 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows the city of San Diego displaying a flag supportive of pedophilia.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 12, 2023
Winsome Earle-Sears stated on February 02, 2023 in a radio interview.:
Brown v. Board of Education “was never about sending Black children to white schools. It was about parents being able to decide where to send their children to school.”
By Warren Fiske• February 22, 2023
Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a town hall:
No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.
By Sophie Austin, Louis Jacobson• July 27, 2020
Hillary Clinton stated on October 23, 2016 in a tweet from her campaign:
"Donald Trump says he'd deport 16 million people."
By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2016
Instagram posts stated on October 21, 2024 in Instagram posts:
Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.
By Sofia Ahmed• October 23, 2024
Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference:
“We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 25, 2021

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