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Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview “We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.” Kari Lake stated on September 27, 2024 in a TV interview Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.” Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina “We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.” Republican National Committee stated on July 22, 2024 in a video President Joe Biden appointed "Kamala Harris to be his border czar to deal with illegal immigration … Harris was put in charge of stopping illegal immigration." Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview “(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.” Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans . stated on June 25, 2024 in Facebook post “Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA." Donald Trump stated on June 6, 2024 in a campaign rally Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.” Marco Rubio stated on May 19, 2024 in an interview The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.” Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a speech “Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.” Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in a speech A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be OK with this happening in a Third World country. This is the United States of America.” Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.” Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.” X posts stated on February 8, 2024 in una publicación en X En una entrevista con Tucker Carlson, el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin dijo que el tema de la frontera sur de Estados Unidos le parece "irónicamente divertido". TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok "El Senado de EE. UU. ha dado luz verde a un acuerdo que cierra inmediatamente las fronteras del país y limitará todas las peticiones de asilo y apelaciones”. Steve Scalise stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.” TikTok posts stated on January 31, 2024 in a TikTok video Russian United Nations representative Vasily Nebenzya spoke about Russia supplying weapons to Texas to use in its border dispute with the Biden administration. TikTok posts stated on January 23, 2024 in en una publicación en TikTok Movsum Samadov "condenado por 12 años en prision por tratar de derrocar a su gobierno" entró a EEUU "por la frontera". Instagram posts stated on January 28, 2024 in an Instagram post Video shows people “heading to Texas to stop the Biden Border Invasion.” Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2024 in a Facebook post Video shows a convicted terrorist, Movsum Samadov, coming to the U.S. through the southern border. Load more
Kari Lake stated on September 27, 2024 in a TV interview Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.”
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina “We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
Republican National Committee stated on July 22, 2024 in a video President Joe Biden appointed "Kamala Harris to be his border czar to deal with illegal immigration … Harris was put in charge of stopping illegal immigration."
Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview “(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”
Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans . stated on June 25, 2024 in Facebook post “Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA."
Donald Trump stated on June 6, 2024 in a campaign rally Joe Biden’s immigration order limiting asylum is “pro-child trafficking.”
Marco Rubio stated on May 19, 2024 in an interview The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.”
Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a speech “Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.”
Katie Britt stated on March 7, 2024 in a speech A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be OK with this happening in a Third World country. This is the United States of America.”
Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview “We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”
X posts stated on February 8, 2024 in una publicación en X En una entrevista con Tucker Carlson, el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin dijo que el tema de la frontera sur de Estados Unidos le parece "irónicamente divertido".
TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok "El Senado de EE. UU. ha dado luz verde a un acuerdo que cierra inmediatamente las fronteras del país y limitará todas las peticiones de asilo y apelaciones”.
Steve Scalise stated on February 4, 2024 in a post on X The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.”
TikTok posts stated on January 31, 2024 in a TikTok video Russian United Nations representative Vasily Nebenzya spoke about Russia supplying weapons to Texas to use in its border dispute with the Biden administration.
TikTok posts stated on January 23, 2024 in en una publicación en TikTok Movsum Samadov "condenado por 12 años en prision por tratar de derrocar a su gobierno" entró a EEUU "por la frontera".
Instagram posts stated on January 28, 2024 in an Instagram post Video shows people “heading to Texas to stop the Biden Border Invasion.”
Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2024 in a Facebook post Video shows a convicted terrorist, Movsum Samadov, coming to the U.S. through the southern border.
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