Latest Fact-checks in Immigration 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 Michelle Malkin stated on September 10, 2019 in an appearance on The Ingraham Angle: Says Pat McCrory "shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks." Xavier Becerra stated on August 26, 2019 in a news conference: "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant." Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana. Nate McMurray stated on September 10, 2019 in a Tweet: "Under @BarackObama illegal immigration dropped to a 50-year low." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet: "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet: Says Dan McCready "believes in open borders and sanctuary cities." Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers." Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: "89,000 children were separated from their parents under Obama" and "only 1,900 children have been separated under Trump." 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." Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says 194 people were killed in mass shootings in 2018 while undocumented immigrants killed 83,211 people. Rob Schmitt stated on August 14, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends First" discussion: Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way." Joe Biden stated on August 7, 2019 in a campaign stop in Iowa: Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’." Nicolle Wallace stated on August 5, 2019 in on MSNBC: Says President Donald Trump is "talking about exterminating Latinos." Viral image stated on August 3, 2019 in posts on Facebook: "ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers." Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2019 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio: Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder." Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2019 in a re-election campaign ad: Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense." Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II." Richard Durbin stated on July 11, 2019 in a speech: Says President Trump "has ended up attracting larger numbers of people coming to the United States presenting themselves for asylum status at our border than we’ve ever seen." Ron Johnson stated on July 21, 2019 in CNN State of the Union interview: "There's a survey done in Guatemala. A third of Guatemalans intend to migrate to the United States. That's about 5.8 million people." Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals." Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: A Donald Trump supporter held a sign at his rally "mocking a dead migrant child." Donna Shalala stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede: Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes." Viral image stated on June 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot." Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country." Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 12, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends" appearance: "Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census. Weston Pagano stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium: Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times." Julián Castro stated on June 30, 2019 in an interview: Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist."
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Michelle Malkin stated on September 10, 2019 in an appearance on The Ingraham Angle: Says Pat McCrory "shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks." Xavier Becerra stated on August 26, 2019 in a news conference: "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant." Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana. Nate McMurray stated on September 10, 2019 in a Tweet: "Under @BarackObama illegal immigration dropped to a 50-year low." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet: "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet: Says Dan McCready "believes in open borders and sanctuary cities." Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers." Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: "89,000 children were separated from their parents under Obama" and "only 1,900 children have been separated under Trump." 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." Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says 194 people were killed in mass shootings in 2018 while undocumented immigrants killed 83,211 people. Rob Schmitt stated on August 14, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends First" discussion: Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way." Joe Biden stated on August 7, 2019 in a campaign stop in Iowa: Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’." Nicolle Wallace stated on August 5, 2019 in on MSNBC: Says President Donald Trump is "talking about exterminating Latinos." Viral image stated on August 3, 2019 in posts on Facebook: "ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers." Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2019 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio: Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder." Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2019 in a re-election campaign ad: Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense." Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II." Richard Durbin stated on July 11, 2019 in a speech: Says President Trump "has ended up attracting larger numbers of people coming to the United States presenting themselves for asylum status at our border than we’ve ever seen." Ron Johnson stated on July 21, 2019 in CNN State of the Union interview: "There's a survey done in Guatemala. A third of Guatemalans intend to migrate to the United States. That's about 5.8 million people." Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals." Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: A Donald Trump supporter held a sign at his rally "mocking a dead migrant child." Donna Shalala stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede: Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes." Viral image stated on June 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot." Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country." Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 12, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends" appearance: "Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census. Weston Pagano stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium: Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times." Julián Castro stated on June 30, 2019 in an interview: Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist."
Michelle Malkin stated on September 10, 2019 in an appearance on The Ingraham Angle: Says Pat McCrory "shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks."
Xavier Becerra stated on August 26, 2019 in a news conference: "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win."
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant."
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana.
Nate McMurray stated on September 10, 2019 in a Tweet: "Under @BarackObama illegal immigration dropped to a 50-year low."
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet: "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet: Says Dan McCready "believes in open borders and sanctuary cities."
Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: "89,000 children were separated from their parents under Obama" and "only 1,900 children have been separated under Trump."
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."
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says 194 people were killed in mass shootings in 2018 while undocumented immigrants killed 83,211 people.
Rob Schmitt stated on August 14, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends First" discussion: Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way."
Joe Biden stated on August 7, 2019 in a campaign stop in Iowa: Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."
Nicolle Wallace stated on August 5, 2019 in on MSNBC: Says President Donald Trump is "talking about exterminating Latinos."
Viral image stated on August 3, 2019 in posts on Facebook: "ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."
Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2019 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio: Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder."
Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2019 in a re-election campaign ad: Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense."
Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II."
Richard Durbin stated on July 11, 2019 in a speech: Says President Trump "has ended up attracting larger numbers of people coming to the United States presenting themselves for asylum status at our border than we’ve ever seen."
Ron Johnson stated on July 21, 2019 in CNN State of the Union interview: "There's a survey done in Guatemala. A third of Guatemalans intend to migrate to the United States. That's about 5.8 million people."
Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals."
Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: A Donald Trump supporter held a sign at his rally "mocking a dead migrant child."
Donna Shalala stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede: Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes."
Viral image stated on June 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot."
Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."
Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners."
Rush Limbaugh stated on July 12, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends" appearance: "Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census.
Weston Pagano stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium: Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times."
Julián Castro stated on June 30, 2019 in an interview: Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist."
