Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Homeland Security Tom Nelson stated on April 26, 2022 in Twitter: “Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.” Rob Wittman stated on April 8, 2022 in a radio interview.: “They’re going to be giving these people who come across the border, giving them smartphones.” Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.” X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.” Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.” Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview: The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.” Ashley Moody stated on March 9, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders. Mark Kelly stated on October 6, 2020 in a debate: Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.” Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.” Bernie Sanders stated on March 15, 2020 in a Democratic presidential primary debate: Says a 2007 immigration bill “was opposed by (the League of United Latin American Citizens), the largest Latino organization in America. The Southern Poverty Law Center called its guest-worker programs akin to slavery. … And you know who voted with me on that one, Joe? Barack Obama.” Joe Biden stated on February 14, 2020 in an interview with Jorge Ramos: “You had the last two administrations deport twice as many people as we deported — twice as many.” Breitbart stated on February 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.” Ryan Fournier stated on October 20, 2019 in a tweet: "Starting January 1, 2020, California will tax legal citizens if they don’t have health insurance. Why? The state needs to come up with $98,000,000 to pay for free health insurance for illegal aliens." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet: "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them." Ken Cuccinelli stated on July 7, 2019 in a Fox News Sunday interview: "Last year, we were in the range of 850,000 and that was the most in five years. … We are letting more people become citizens than has happened in years." Michael Burgess stated on June 24, 2019 in an MSNBC interview: Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of." America First stated on March 1, 2019 in a tweet: Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president." Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2019 in a tweet: "We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!" Donald Trump stated on January 19, 2019 in a speech: "One in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north." Ron Johnson stated on November 1, 2018 in a radio interview: "Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation." Martha McSally stated on September 16, 2018 in a Fox News interview: Says U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema "voted to cut ICE." Ron DeSantis stated on September 2, 2018 in a radio interview: Says Andrew Gillum "wants to abolish ICE and doesn't believe in doing any type of immigration enforcement." Chris Sununu stated on June 26, 2018 in an interview: "Every time they’ve done those border patrols, they’ve taken out people who have trafficked drugs. That’s the federal government’s role. They’re doing their job." Patty Murray stated on May 8, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing: "Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools." John Garamendi stated on April 2, 2018 in a CNN interview: "The Coast Guard confiscated 200 tons of contraband, heroin, and so forth. At the border they collected 20 tons." Kelli Ward stated on March 16, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Martha McSally "is a #FlipFlopBorderHawk." Jim Renacci stated on January 24, 2018 in an interview on Fox Business Network: In 2005 or 2006 U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer "voted for the wall." 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." Devin Nunes stated on February 2, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee: Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "
Tom Nelson stated on April 26, 2022 in Twitter: “Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.” Rob Wittman stated on April 8, 2022 in a radio interview.: “They’re going to be giving these people who come across the border, giving them smartphones.” Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.” X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.” Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.” Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview: The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.” Ashley Moody stated on March 9, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders. Mark Kelly stated on October 6, 2020 in a debate: Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.” Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.” Bernie Sanders stated on March 15, 2020 in a Democratic presidential primary debate: Says a 2007 immigration bill “was opposed by (the League of United Latin American Citizens), the largest Latino organization in America. The Southern Poverty Law Center called its guest-worker programs akin to slavery. … And you know who voted with me on that one, Joe? Barack Obama.” Joe Biden stated on February 14, 2020 in an interview with Jorge Ramos: “You had the last two administrations deport twice as many people as we deported — twice as many.” Breitbart stated on February 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.” Ryan Fournier stated on October 20, 2019 in a tweet: "Starting January 1, 2020, California will tax legal citizens if they don’t have health insurance. Why? The state needs to come up with $98,000,000 to pay for free health insurance for illegal aliens." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet: "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them." Ken Cuccinelli stated on July 7, 2019 in a Fox News Sunday interview: "Last year, we were in the range of 850,000 and that was the most in five years. … We are letting more people become citizens than has happened in years." Michael Burgess stated on June 24, 2019 in an MSNBC interview: Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of." America First stated on March 1, 2019 in a tweet: Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president." Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2019 in a tweet: "We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!" Donald Trump stated on January 19, 2019 in a speech: "One in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north." Ron Johnson stated on November 1, 2018 in a radio interview: "Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation." Martha McSally stated on September 16, 2018 in a Fox News interview: Says U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema "voted to cut ICE." Ron DeSantis stated on September 2, 2018 in a radio interview: Says Andrew Gillum "wants to abolish ICE and doesn't believe in doing any type of immigration enforcement." Chris Sununu stated on June 26, 2018 in an interview: "Every time they’ve done those border patrols, they’ve taken out people who have trafficked drugs. That’s the federal government’s role. They’re doing their job." Patty Murray stated on May 8, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing: "Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools." John Garamendi stated on April 2, 2018 in a CNN interview: "The Coast Guard confiscated 200 tons of contraband, heroin, and so forth. At the border they collected 20 tons." Kelli Ward stated on March 16, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Martha McSally "is a #FlipFlopBorderHawk." Jim Renacci stated on January 24, 2018 in an interview on Fox Business Network: In 2005 or 2006 U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer "voted for the wall." 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." Devin Nunes stated on February 2, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee: Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "
Tom Nelson stated on April 26, 2022 in Twitter: “Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”
Rob Wittman stated on April 8, 2022 in a radio interview.: “They’re going to be giving these people who come across the border, giving them smartphones.”
Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.”
X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: “Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”
Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview: The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”
Ashley Moody stated on March 9, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders.
Mark Kelly stated on October 6, 2020 in a debate: Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”
Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”
Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
Bernie Sanders stated on March 15, 2020 in a Democratic presidential primary debate: Says a 2007 immigration bill “was opposed by (the League of United Latin American Citizens), the largest Latino organization in America. The Southern Poverty Law Center called its guest-worker programs akin to slavery. … And you know who voted with me on that one, Joe? Barack Obama.”
Joe Biden stated on February 14, 2020 in an interview with Jorge Ramos: “You had the last two administrations deport twice as many people as we deported — twice as many.”
Breitbart stated on February 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.”
Ryan Fournier stated on October 20, 2019 in a tweet: "Starting January 1, 2020, California will tax legal citizens if they don’t have health insurance. Why? The state needs to come up with $98,000,000 to pay for free health insurance for illegal aliens."
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet: "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
Ken Cuccinelli stated on July 7, 2019 in a Fox News Sunday interview: "Last year, we were in the range of 850,000 and that was the most in five years. … We are letting more people become citizens than has happened in years."
Michael Burgess stated on June 24, 2019 in an MSNBC interview: Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of."
America First stated on March 1, 2019 in a tweet: Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."
Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2019 in a tweet: "We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!"
Donald Trump stated on January 19, 2019 in a speech: "One in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north."
Ron Johnson stated on November 1, 2018 in a radio interview: "Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation."
Martha McSally stated on September 16, 2018 in a Fox News interview: Says U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema "voted to cut ICE."
Ron DeSantis stated on September 2, 2018 in a radio interview: Says Andrew Gillum "wants to abolish ICE and doesn't believe in doing any type of immigration enforcement."
Chris Sununu stated on June 26, 2018 in an interview: "Every time they’ve done those border patrols, they’ve taken out people who have trafficked drugs. That’s the federal government’s role. They’re doing their job."
Patty Murray stated on May 8, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing: "Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."
John Garamendi stated on April 2, 2018 in a CNN interview: "The Coast Guard confiscated 200 tons of contraband, heroin, and so forth. At the border they collected 20 tons."
Kelli Ward stated on March 16, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Martha McSally "is a #FlipFlopBorderHawk."
Jim Renacci stated on January 24, 2018 in an interview on Fox Business Network: In 2005 or 2006 U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer "voted for the wall."
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."
Devin Nunes stated on February 2, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee: Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "