Latest False 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 Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference: “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.” Jeanine Pirro stated on March 20, 2021 in a TV segment: The southern U.S. border “is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country.” Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2021 in a text post: Says Joe Biden is “now saying he inherited ‘a mess’ at the border. Fact: 9,000 illegals all of 2020. So far in 2021 108,000 entered U.S.” Mike Pence stated on March 3, 2021 in Daily Signal op ed: The voting bill known as H.R. 1 would mean “that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a CPAC speech: Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations, everyone, murderers, everybody, no more.” Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech: The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported." Glenn Beck stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet: “Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.” Tom Cotton stated on February 1, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: "A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security." Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2020 in an image: Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border. Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic." Viral image stated on June 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show children in cages. Viral image stated on September 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.” Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” Chris Murphy stated on May 11, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.” Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.” Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.” Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2018 in posts on the Internet: A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college. Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020. Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots." Dan Forest stated on November 25, 2019 in a press conference: Says immigrants wanted by ICE have victimized "tens of thousands of children" in North Carolina. Donald Trump stated on November 12, 2019 in a tweet: "Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals." Viral image stated on October 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: "449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens… but they were registered voters." Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2019 in a re-election campaign ad: Says he is "cutting illegal immigration in half." Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." 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." 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. 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’." 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."
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Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference: “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.” Jeanine Pirro stated on March 20, 2021 in a TV segment: The southern U.S. border “is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country.” Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2021 in a text post: Says Joe Biden is “now saying he inherited ‘a mess’ at the border. Fact: 9,000 illegals all of 2020. So far in 2021 108,000 entered U.S.” Mike Pence stated on March 3, 2021 in Daily Signal op ed: The voting bill known as H.R. 1 would mean “that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a CPAC speech: Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations, everyone, murderers, everybody, no more.” Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech: The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported." Glenn Beck stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet: “Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.” Tom Cotton stated on February 1, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: "A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security." Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2020 in an image: Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border. Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic." Viral image stated on June 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show children in cages. Viral image stated on September 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.” Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” Chris Murphy stated on May 11, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.” Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.” Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.” Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2018 in posts on the Internet: A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college. Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020. Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots." Dan Forest stated on November 25, 2019 in a press conference: Says immigrants wanted by ICE have victimized "tens of thousands of children" in North Carolina. Donald Trump stated on November 12, 2019 in a tweet: "Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals." Viral image stated on October 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: "449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens… but they were registered voters." Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2019 in a re-election campaign ad: Says he is "cutting illegal immigration in half." Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." 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." 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. 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’." 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."
Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference: “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”
Jeanine Pirro stated on March 20, 2021 in a TV segment: The southern U.S. border “is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country.”
Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2021 in a text post: Says Joe Biden is “now saying he inherited ‘a mess’ at the border. Fact: 9,000 illegals all of 2020. So far in 2021 108,000 entered U.S.”
Mike Pence stated on March 3, 2021 in Daily Signal op ed: The voting bill known as H.R. 1 would mean “that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote."
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a CPAC speech: Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations, everyone, murderers, everybody, no more.”
Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech: The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."
Glenn Beck stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet: “Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.”
Tom Cotton stated on February 1, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: "A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security."
Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2020 in an image: Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic."
Viral image stated on September 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.”
Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.”
Chris Murphy stated on May 11, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.”
Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.”
Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2018 in posts on the Internet: A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020.
Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots."
Dan Forest stated on November 25, 2019 in a press conference: Says immigrants wanted by ICE have victimized "tens of thousands of children" in North Carolina.
Donald Trump stated on November 12, 2019 in a tweet: "Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals."
Viral image stated on October 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: "449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens… but they were registered voters."
Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2019 in a re-election campaign ad: Says he is "cutting illegal immigration in half."
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant."
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
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."
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.
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’."
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."
