Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Homeland Security Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Paul Sperry dicho el Enero 13, 2018 en a commentary: Says border fencing finished near El Paso in 2010 dramatically curtailed illegal crossings, local crime and drug smuggling. Marsha Blackburn dicho el Noviembre 9, 2017 en a Fox News post: "When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year." Joaquin Castro dicho el Noviembre 1, 2017 en a tweet: "Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade." Jeff Sessions dicho el Octubre 12, 2017 en a speech: In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down." Roy Moore dicho el Septiembre 21, 2017 en a debate: DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws." Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 14, 2017 en remarks to reporters: Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA." Jeff Denham dicho el Septiembre 5, 2017 en an interview on NPR: Says Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators. Jeff Sessions dicho el Abril 28, 2017 en remarks to law enforcement officers in New York: District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported." Jeff Sessions dicho el Abril 23, 2017 en an interview on ABC's This Week: Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans." Donald Trump dicho el Abril 26, 2017 en a tweet: The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%." Mike Rogers dicho el Marzo 30, 2017 en a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances." Donald Trump dicho el Abril 7, 2017 en weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border." Wayne LaPierre dicho el Febrero 24, 2017 en a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone." Robert Menendez dicho el Febrero 13, 2017 en a tweet: Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens." Donald Trump dicho el Febrero 1, 2017 en a tweet: "The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia." Jerrold Nadler dicho el Enero 28, 2017 en a CNN interview: "The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order." Javier M. Gonzales dicho el Noviembre 16, 2016 en an interview on The Kelly File: "Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented." Donald Trump dicho el Noviembre 13, 2016 en a 60 Minutes interview: Says there are "probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million" criminal immigrants in the country illegally. Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 19, 2016 en a presidential debate: "ISIS is in 32 countries." Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 19, 2016 en the third presidential debate: Russia has "tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads — 1,800, by the way — where they expanded, and we didn't." Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 19, 2016 en the third 2016 presidential debate: Says Hillary Clinton "wanted the wall." Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 9, 2016 en the second 2016 presidential debate: "You (Hillary Clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails." Tim Kaine dicho el Octubre 4, 2016 en the 2016 vice presidential debate: Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship." Hillary Clinton dicho el Septiembre 26, 2016 en a Presidential debate: Says Donald Trump "publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans’ (emails)." Donald Trump dicho el Agosto 31, 2016 en 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." Richard Burr dicho el Agosto 3, 2016 en a press release: Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran." Donald Trump dicho el Julio 21, 2016 en a speech at the Republican convention: Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from." Don Beyer dicho el Julio 14, 2015 en an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Mark Pocan dicho el Mayo 20, 2015 en a radio interview: "Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act. Marco Rubio dicho el Mayo 10, 2015 en a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.
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Paul Sperry dicho el Enero 13, 2018 en a commentary: Says border fencing finished near El Paso in 2010 dramatically curtailed illegal crossings, local crime and drug smuggling. Marsha Blackburn dicho el Noviembre 9, 2017 en a Fox News post: "When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year." Joaquin Castro dicho el Noviembre 1, 2017 en a tweet: "Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade." Jeff Sessions dicho el Octubre 12, 2017 en a speech: In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down." Roy Moore dicho el Septiembre 21, 2017 en a debate: DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws." Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 14, 2017 en remarks to reporters: Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA." Jeff Denham dicho el Septiembre 5, 2017 en an interview on NPR: Says Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators. Jeff Sessions dicho el Abril 28, 2017 en remarks to law enforcement officers in New York: District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported." Jeff Sessions dicho el Abril 23, 2017 en an interview on ABC's This Week: Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans." Donald Trump dicho el Abril 26, 2017 en a tweet: The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%." Mike Rogers dicho el Marzo 30, 2017 en a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances." Donald Trump dicho el Abril 7, 2017 en weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border." Wayne LaPierre dicho el Febrero 24, 2017 en a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone." Robert Menendez dicho el Febrero 13, 2017 en a tweet: Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens." Donald Trump dicho el Febrero 1, 2017 en a tweet: "The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia." Jerrold Nadler dicho el Enero 28, 2017 en a CNN interview: "The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order." Javier M. Gonzales dicho el Noviembre 16, 2016 en an interview on The Kelly File: "Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented." Donald Trump dicho el Noviembre 13, 2016 en a 60 Minutes interview: Says there are "probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million" criminal immigrants in the country illegally. Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 19, 2016 en a presidential debate: "ISIS is in 32 countries." Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 19, 2016 en the third presidential debate: Russia has "tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads — 1,800, by the way — where they expanded, and we didn't." Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 19, 2016 en the third 2016 presidential debate: Says Hillary Clinton "wanted the wall." Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 9, 2016 en the second 2016 presidential debate: "You (Hillary Clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails." Tim Kaine dicho el Octubre 4, 2016 en the 2016 vice presidential debate: Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship." Hillary Clinton dicho el Septiembre 26, 2016 en a Presidential debate: Says Donald Trump "publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans’ (emails)." Donald Trump dicho el Agosto 31, 2016 en 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." Richard Burr dicho el Agosto 3, 2016 en a press release: Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran." Donald Trump dicho el Julio 21, 2016 en a speech at the Republican convention: Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from." Don Beyer dicho el Julio 14, 2015 en an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Mark Pocan dicho el Mayo 20, 2015 en a radio interview: "Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act. Marco Rubio dicho el Mayo 10, 2015 en a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.
Paul Sperry dicho el Enero 13, 2018 en a commentary: Says border fencing finished near El Paso in 2010 dramatically curtailed illegal crossings, local crime and drug smuggling.
Marsha Blackburn dicho el Noviembre 9, 2017 en a Fox News post: "When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."
Joaquin Castro dicho el Noviembre 1, 2017 en a tweet: "Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."
Jeff Sessions dicho el Octubre 12, 2017 en a speech: In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."
Roy Moore dicho el Septiembre 21, 2017 en a debate: DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws."
Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 14, 2017 en remarks to reporters: Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA."
Jeff Denham dicho el Septiembre 5, 2017 en an interview on NPR: Says Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators.
Jeff Sessions dicho el Abril 28, 2017 en remarks to law enforcement officers in New York: District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported."
Jeff Sessions dicho el Abril 23, 2017 en an interview on ABC's This Week: Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."
Donald Trump dicho el Abril 26, 2017 en a tweet: The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."
Mike Rogers dicho el Marzo 30, 2017 en a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances."
Donald Trump dicho el Abril 7, 2017 en weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border."
Wayne LaPierre dicho el Febrero 24, 2017 en a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
Robert Menendez dicho el Febrero 13, 2017 en a tweet: Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens."
Donald Trump dicho el Febrero 1, 2017 en a tweet: "The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."
Jerrold Nadler dicho el Enero 28, 2017 en a CNN interview: "The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order."
Javier M. Gonzales dicho el Noviembre 16, 2016 en an interview on The Kelly File: "Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented."
Donald Trump dicho el Noviembre 13, 2016 en a 60 Minutes interview: Says there are "probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million" criminal immigrants in the country illegally.
Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 19, 2016 en the third presidential debate: Russia has "tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads — 1,800, by the way — where they expanded, and we didn't."
Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 19, 2016 en the third 2016 presidential debate: Says Hillary Clinton "wanted the wall."
Donald Trump dicho el Octubre 9, 2016 en the second 2016 presidential debate: "You (Hillary Clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails."
Tim Kaine dicho el Octubre 4, 2016 en the 2016 vice presidential debate: Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship."
Hillary Clinton dicho el Septiembre 26, 2016 en a Presidential debate: Says Donald Trump "publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans’ (emails)."
Donald Trump dicho el Agosto 31, 2016 en 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."
Richard Burr dicho el Agosto 3, 2016 en a press release: Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."
Donald Trump dicho el Julio 21, 2016 en a speech at the Republican convention: Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."
Don Beyer dicho el Julio 14, 2015 en an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
Mark Pocan dicho el Mayo 20, 2015 en a radio interview: "Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.
Marco Rubio dicho el Mayo 10, 2015 en a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.
