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Dennis Baxley stated on March 21, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC:

"We’ve had a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law (‘stand your ground’) has been in effect."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 23, 2012

Ron Johnson stated on May 26, 2019 in a TV interview:

"Just the last three weeks, on average about 23,000 women, children, men are coming over across the border illegally as family units or as unaccompanied children."

By Mica Soellner• June 18, 2019

Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in In a speech at the Republican convention:

"The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015."

By Miriam Valverde• July 22, 2016

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

Donald Trump stated on October 06, 2018 in a campaign rally:

"Every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate has signed up for the open borders, and it's a bill, it's called the ‘open borders bill.’"

By Miriam Valverde• October 8, 2018

Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2019 in a Telemundo interview:

"When I became president, President Obama had a separation policy. I didn’t have it. He had it."

By Miriam Valverde• June 21, 2019

Donald Trump stated on November 25, 2018 in a tweet:

Says of immigrant family separations at the border, "we had the exact same policy as the Obama administration."

By Miriam Valverde• November 29, 2018

Ken Cuccinelli stated on August 22, 2019 in a panel discussion:

A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families."

By John Kruzel• August 26, 2019

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

Matt Schlapp stated on June 15, 2018 in in an interview:

The Trump administration’s policy of separating families is "the same way Barack Obama did it."

By John Kruzel• June 19, 2018

Bryan Steil stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter:

Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”

By Laura Schulte• November 12, 2021

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

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

Laura Ingraham stated on February 08, 2021 in a TV segment:

“You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 15, 2021

Donald Trump stated on May 28, 2018 in a tweet:

A "horrible law" requires that children be separated from their parents "once they cross the Border into the U.S."

By Manuela Tobias• May 29, 2018

Ted Cruz stated on June 21, 2019 in a press release:

"As you know, we apprehended over 144,000 people in a single month. That is a pace, which if it continues for 12 months, would put us on a pace for nearly 2 million apprehensions on the border."

By Madlin Mekelburg• June 27, 2019

Martha McSally stated on September 16, 2018 in a Fox News interview:

Says Rep. Kyrsten Sinema supported a bill that is "essentially encouraging child trafficking."

By Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2018

Tim Kaine stated on January 09, 2019 in a TV interview.:

"We took a deal to the president just last February, less than a year ago -- $25 billion over 10 years in border security done the right way - and the president blew up the deal."

By Warren Fiske• January 15, 2019

Glenn Beck stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet:

“Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.”

By Miriam Valverde• February 25, 2021

Tweets stated on July 26, 2021 in a tweet:

Says Joe Biden “is restricting travel for Americans into Mexico, but is keeping the border wide open for illegal aliens to walk right into our country.”

By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2021

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