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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

Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech:

Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.”

By Miriam Valverde• July 17, 2020

Michael Whatley stated on September 06, 2025 in an X post:

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “bears direct responsibility” for the fatal stabbing of a woman on the Charlotte rail system.

By Will Doran, Paul Specht• September 12, 2025

Dolores Gresham stated on July 16, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:

"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.

By Richard Locker• August 12, 2012

Steve Cohen stated on October 31, 2012 in a press release.:

Says Delta Air Lines has "once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of Memphis."

By Bartholomew Sullivan• November 25, 2012

Mark Green stated on January 03, 2024 in A news conference:

Says FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress “that with the border wide open and a war in Israel, Hamas can just walk right in.”

By Sarah Bahari• January 8, 2024

Donald Trump stated on May 15, 2018 in a speech:

Says of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands."

By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2018

Rachel Maddow stated on June 21, 2018 in in a monologue:

"There isn't a system" for reuniting families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.

By John Kruzel• June 29, 2018

Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2026 in remarks at a Memphis event:

"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”

By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand• March 25, 2026

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

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

Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they don't even know."

By Miriam Valverde• September 29, 2016

Jeff Sessions stated on March 07, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento:

"California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for."

By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2018

Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press:

“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.

By Amy Sherman• November 1, 2022

Teresa Fedor stated on December 01, 2010 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:

"Toledo … is fourth in the nation behind much bigger cities — Miami, Las Vegas, Portland — in number of human trafficking arrests and rescues."

By Aaron Marshall• December 14, 2010

Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC:

Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”

By Miriam Valverde• August 28, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a viral video:

"In March 2020 the United States deployed 30,000 troops to Europe to ... free child-trafficked children and arrest deep state cabal members."

By Madison Czopek• January 29, 2021

Zach Nunn stated on May 09, 2022 in a campaign ad:

“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”

By Lyle Muller• May 27, 2022

Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview:

Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”

By Jessica Calefati• August 4, 2020

Jon Favreau stated on July 08, 2025 in Pod Save America:

“ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”

By Amy Sherman• July 11, 2025

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