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Bloggers stated on June 23, 2018 in a blog post:

"NASA announced that it communicated with four races of aliens."

By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018

Steve McCraw stated on April 18, 2018 in testimony to a Texas House panel:

Says the term "illegal alien" is "a legal term, it’s in statute, it’s a federal term."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 9, 2018

Facebook posts stated on April 17, 2019 in a viral image:

Prominent Democrats were born in April 1948, "nine months after" a UFO crashed near Roswell, N.M.

By Madison Czopek• May 7, 2020

Instagram posts stated on January 05, 2024 in an Instagram reel:

Police responded to alien creatures at a Miami mall on Jan. 1, 2024.

By Sara Swann• January 8, 2024

Kari Lake stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X:

Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”

By Mia Osmonbekov• September 19, 2024

Bloggers stated on April 09, 2018 in a web post:

Says Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life."

By Louis Jacobson• April 10, 2018

Tom Tancredo stated on August 08, 2015 in a Breitbart article:

Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York."

By Jon Greenberg• August 17, 2015

Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck:

More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 23, 2014

Dan Patrick stated on January 04, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 25, 2018

TikTok posts stated on April 21, 2021 in a TikTok video:

Derek Chauvin’s attorney said that space aliens “inhabited the body of Derek Chauvin and caused this death.”

By Gabrielle Settles• April 22, 2021

Scott Walker stated on October 23, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."

By Tom Kertscher, Eric Litke• November 2, 2018

Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics stated on August 13, 2012 in an attack ad:

Says state Senate candidate Aaron Bean voted to give health care subsidies to illegal immigrants.

By Katie Sanders• August 13, 2012

Ted Cruz stated on May 11, 2021 in a meeting:

The voting rights bill “would register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It is intended to do that.”

By Brandon Mulder• May 14, 2021

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

Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix:

"Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."

By Louis Jacobson• September 2, 2016

Viral image stated on December 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Texas man admits kidnapping 79 people."

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 28, 2020

Matt Gaetz stated on February 07, 2019 in a CNN interview:

"One out of every 5 people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."

By Miriam Valverde• February 19, 2019

Sharron Angle stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign commerical:

Harry Reid has voted "to give special tax breaks to illegal aliens."

By Louis Jacobson• September 17, 2010

Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 09, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website:

"134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years."

By Jon Greenberg• July 16, 2015

Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2020 in on social media:

Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.

By Louis Jacobson• July 29, 2020

‘Special interest alien’ designation is based largely on a person's country of origin, experts say

By Madison Czopek• September 21, 2023

Can Donald Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2024

Why did a court rule that Trump can’t deport Tren de Aragua members using the Alien Enemies Act?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 3, 2025

The ‘Storm Area 51’ trend, explained

By Daniel Funke• July 19, 2019

Pete Sessions’ ‘murders every day’ claim about immigrants released by Obama

By W. Gardner Selby• March 5, 2015

Reader says politically correct terms undermine fact check of Rick Perry on murders by "aliens"

By W. Gardner Selby• July 20, 2015

Mitt Romney gigs Rick Perry's tuition offer to illegal immigrants

By W. Gardner Selby• September 28, 2011

Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 19, 2025

Mailbag: Immigrant gardener edition

By Louis Jacobson• October 20, 2011

Greg Abbott, Rick Perry air unconfirmed claims about 3,000 murders by unauthorized immigrants

By W. Gardner Selby• July 29, 2014

Sorting out the facts about nearly 1,500 lost children, Trump family separation policy

By Miriam Valverde• May 29, 2018

10 misleading statements about immigration

By W. Gardner Selby, Amy Sherman• August 28, 2015

How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan?

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023

The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2025

Social posts target Democrats’ vote on migrant offenders bill. Here’s why they say they opposed it.

By Jeff Cercone• January 8, 2025

An ICE spokesman resigned after Trump criticized the Oakland mayor. Here's why

By Miriam Valverde• March 15, 2018

'Illegal Alien Facts' vs. the Truth-O-Meter

By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2012

President Donald Trump called for a judge’s impeachment. It’s unlikely to happen.

By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2025

What the U.S. Supreme Court decision means for the deportation of criminal immigrants

By Miriam Valverde• April 23, 2018

Arizona immigration law fact-checked

By Louis Jacobson, Catharine Richert• April 28, 2010

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