20 People 6971 Fact-checks 3411 Articles People (20) Donald Trump Donald Trump Jr. Donald Carcieri Donald Eastman Donald Rumsfeld Students for Trump Donald Verrilli Vets for Trump Joe Donald Donald McEachin Donald Payne Byron Donalds The Trump Talks Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump President Trump's lawyers Wisconsin Trump Victory Politics Elite Trump Fact-checks (6971) Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a video: Says a video shows Joe Biden lolling his tongue. By Daniel Funke• April 30, 2020 Chris Murphy stated on May 12, 2017 in Twitter: "Law firm @POTUS used to show he has no ties to Russia was named Russia Law Firm of the Year for their extensive ties to Russia. Unreal." By John Kruzel• May 16, 2017 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 Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address: “In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview: Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families." By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2018 Viral image stated on March 24, 2018 in posts on the Internet: Says Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, ripped up a copy of the U.S. Constitution By Allison Graves• March 26, 2018 Donald Trump stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview: “If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2025 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 Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2018 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: Says "Bob Casey voted in favor of deadly sanctuary cities that released thousands upon thousands of illegal alien criminals and vicious gang members to prey on Pennsylvania streets, to prey all over this country." By Jon Greenberg• October 31, 2018 Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2019 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio: Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder." By Jon Greenberg• August 2, 2019 Donald Trump stated on October 26, 2018 in a rally in North Carolina: "The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens into our country. And they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education, and for the right to vote." By Miriam Valverde• November 1, 2018 Viral image stated on August 23, 2023 in an Instagram post: “Trump says Biden is an alien.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 25, 2023 Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2018 in a tweet: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is "very unpopular." By Amy Sherman• August 14, 2018 Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are “22 million illegal aliens living in America and ... voting illegally.” By Bill McCarthy• July 27, 2021 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 Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2020 in Facebook posts: Say Joe Biden is a pedophile. By Samantha Putterman• August 12, 2020 Donald Trump stated on October 08, 2017 in a document: "Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed." By Miriam Valverde• October 11, 2017 Donald Trump stated on November 01, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote." By Amy Sherman• November 6, 2019 Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors." By Miriam Valverde• February 7, 2018 Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet: "We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country." By Miriam Valverde• January 28, 2019 Articles (3411) Fact-checking distorted video Sarah Sanders used to bar a CNN White House reporter By Manuela Tobias• November 8, 2018 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 Donald Trump and the fish food dump: How early reports got it wrong By Louis Jacobson• November 6, 2017 Can Donald Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 19, 2025 In Context: What Obama said about aliens that sparked Trump to order file release By Maria Briceño• February 20, 2026 President Donald Trump called for a judge’s impeachment. It’s unlikely to happen. By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2025 How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023 10 misleading statements about immigration By W. Gardner Selby, Amy Sherman• August 28, 2015 2018 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 11, 2018 Trump moves on promises on immigration, deportations in first month By Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 Fact-checking an immigration meme that's been circulating for more than a decade By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• July 5, 2018 What the U.S. Supreme Court decision means for the deportation of criminal immigrants By Miriam Valverde• April 23, 2018 Comparing Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein on five issues By Allison Graves• November 1, 2016 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statements on the economy in insult-laden Pennsylvania speech By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2025 An ICE spokesman resigned after Trump criticized the Oakland mayor. Here's why By Miriam Valverde• March 15, 2018 Birthright citizenship: Could Ron DeSantis end it? And if so, how? By Louis Jacobson• June 29, 2023 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 27, 2024 Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 1, 2025
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Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a video: Says a video shows Joe Biden lolling his tongue. By Daniel Funke• April 30, 2020 Chris Murphy stated on May 12, 2017 in Twitter: "Law firm @POTUS used to show he has no ties to Russia was named Russia Law Firm of the Year for their extensive ties to Russia. Unreal." By John Kruzel• May 16, 2017 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 Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address: “In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview: Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families." By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2018 Viral image stated on March 24, 2018 in posts on the Internet: Says Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, ripped up a copy of the U.S. Constitution By Allison Graves• March 26, 2018 Donald Trump stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview: “If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2025 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 Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2018 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: Says "Bob Casey voted in favor of deadly sanctuary cities that released thousands upon thousands of illegal alien criminals and vicious gang members to prey on Pennsylvania streets, to prey all over this country." By Jon Greenberg• October 31, 2018 Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2019 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio: Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder." By Jon Greenberg• August 2, 2019 Donald Trump stated on October 26, 2018 in a rally in North Carolina: "The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens into our country. And they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education, and for the right to vote." By Miriam Valverde• November 1, 2018 Viral image stated on August 23, 2023 in an Instagram post: “Trump says Biden is an alien.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 25, 2023 Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2018 in a tweet: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is "very unpopular." By Amy Sherman• August 14, 2018 Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are “22 million illegal aliens living in America and ... voting illegally.” By Bill McCarthy• July 27, 2021 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 Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2020 in Facebook posts: Say Joe Biden is a pedophile. By Samantha Putterman• August 12, 2020 Donald Trump stated on October 08, 2017 in a document: "Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed." By Miriam Valverde• October 11, 2017 Donald Trump stated on November 01, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote." By Amy Sherman• November 6, 2019 Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors." By Miriam Valverde• February 7, 2018 Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet: "We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country." By Miriam Valverde• January 28, 2019
Fact-checking distorted video Sarah Sanders used to bar a CNN White House reporter By Manuela Tobias• November 8, 2018 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 Donald Trump and the fish food dump: How early reports got it wrong By Louis Jacobson• November 6, 2017 Can Donald Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 19, 2025 In Context: What Obama said about aliens that sparked Trump to order file release By Maria Briceño• February 20, 2026 President Donald Trump called for a judge’s impeachment. It’s unlikely to happen. By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2025 How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023 10 misleading statements about immigration By W. Gardner Selby, Amy Sherman• August 28, 2015 2018 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 11, 2018 Trump moves on promises on immigration, deportations in first month By Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017 How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 28, 2025 Fact-checking an immigration meme that's been circulating for more than a decade By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• July 5, 2018 What the U.S. Supreme Court decision means for the deportation of criminal immigrants By Miriam Valverde• April 23, 2018 Comparing Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein on five issues By Allison Graves• November 1, 2016 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statements on the economy in insult-laden Pennsylvania speech By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2025 An ICE spokesman resigned after Trump criticized the Oakland mayor. Here's why By Miriam Valverde• March 15, 2018 Birthright citizenship: Could Ron DeSantis end it? And if so, how? By Louis Jacobson• June 29, 2023 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 27, 2024 Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 1, 2025