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Search results for "Winnipeg-born Canadian released from U.S. immigration detention after 7 months in 'hellhole'"

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Fact-checks (25661)

Viral image stated on January 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
250,000 trucks are participating in the “Freedom Convoy” in Canada.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 28, 2022
Kristi Noem stated on February 02, 2025 in an interview:
At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2025
Alan Grayson stated on November 25, 2015 in an interview on the "Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News:
"Technically, (Ted Cruz is) not even an American."
By Jon Greenberg• December 8, 2015
Francis Suarez stated on July 16, 2023 in a speech at Turning Point Action Conference:
"In Biden's America, 7 million people illegally crossed the border and are given a free cellphone and airline tickets."
By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• July 28, 2023
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA:
Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."
By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 2, 2024
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
Viral image stated on January 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Amish who drove 2.5 hours with the “Freedom Convoy” to cook them food at their next stop.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2022
Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2024 in a speech:
“Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 15, 2024
William G. Batchelder stated on January 03, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives:
Says a "Canadian provincial prime minister came to Ohio for his medical treatment because of the delay in Canadian health care which would have endangered his life."
By Aaron Marshall• January 26, 2011
Kristi Noem stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:
“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.
By Nick Karmia, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 31, 2025
Michael McCaul stated on June 05, 2013 in U.S. House floor debate.:
Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 21, 2013
Marco Rubio stated on March 03, 2024 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this country illegally."
By Samantha Putterman• March 8, 2024
Mike Pence stated on June 07, 2023 in a CNN town hall:
“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 8, 2023
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
Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post:
Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 6, 2016
Viral image stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023
Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post:
"Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’"
By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018
Ted Cruz stated on June 11, 2018 in an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:
"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."  
By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2018
Cori Bush stated on September 23, 2021 in a tweet:
“Approximately 60,000 Canadians currently live undocumented in the USA.”
By Amy Sherman• October 4, 2021
Tim Westley stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview:
"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.
By Nusaiba Mizan• April 25, 2022

Articles (8251)

Immigration plans by Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis face obstacles

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• July 20, 2023

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s interview with ‘Meet the Press’

By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2024

Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026

Ask PolitiFact: What are the immigration rules for Canadians who enter the US without a visa?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 4, 2022

Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration

By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016

Year of the Lies: ‘Worst of the worst’? ICE deports brothers after years of check-ins, good conduct

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 18, 2025

Have you now or ever been a U.S. citizen? By birth, Ted Cruz says

By W. Gardner Selby• September 4, 2015

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

By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017

Do 70% of immigrant detainees have criminal convictions or charges? Fact-checking Kristi Noem

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 23, 2026

The context behind Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s dueling immigration speeches at the Texas border

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 1, 2024

The facts behind the detention of immigrants

By Stefanie Pousoulides, Miriam Valverde• July 8, 2019

President Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS secretary. A look back at her falsehoods

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 5, 2026

10 photos falsely linked to Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests

By Luiz Romero• February 14, 2022

Have deportations increased under Donald Trump? Here’s what the data shows

By Miriam Valverde• December 19, 2017

What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 4, 2025

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

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2025

Ted Cruz fact checks dominated Texas Truth-O-Meter in September

By W. Gardner Selby• October 1, 2015

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

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 25, 2024

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

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

Trump moves on promises on immigration, deportations in first month

By Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017