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All Fact-checks for Immigration

Tricia McLaughlin

stated on November 17, 2025 in an interview posted to X

“There’s about 1,400 criminal illegal aliens that, right now, are in North Carolina and Charlotte’s jails that they refuse to turn over to ICE law enforcement.”

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stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview

Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage.

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stated on October 28, 2025 in X posts

The majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens.

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stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference

“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.

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stated on October 24, 2025 in an interview

“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”

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Tricia McLaughlin

stated on October 12, 2025 in una publicación en X

Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.

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Tricia McLaughlin

stated on October 12, 2025 in an X post

A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”

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Instagram posts

stated on October 5, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram

“El CEO de Coca-Cola, James Quincey, lanzó un ultimátum contundente: cancelen la actuación de Bad Bunny en el Super Bowl o la marca terminará su patrocinio del evento.”

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stated on October 5, 2025 in an X post

“As a condition for ending the Democrat shutdown, Democrats want hospitals (to be) paid MORE to treat illegal aliens than American citizens.”

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stated on October 5, 2025 in an X post

“Coca-Cola CEO drops bombshell ultimatum to NFL — pull Bad Bunny from Super Bowl halftime or lose our $100 (million) sponsorship!”

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stated on October 5, 2025 in a statement to the media

“Portland is burning to the ground.”

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stated on September 28, 2025 in en una entrevista

“Los demócratas están amenazando con cerrar todo el gobierno porque quieren dar cientos de miles de millones de dólares en beneficios de cuidado de salud a los inmigrantes ilegales”.

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stated on September 19, 2025 in an X post

Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.

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stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview

“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”

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stated on September 7, 2025 in a TikTok post

Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”

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stated on August 19, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa

Las cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”.

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stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.”

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stated on August 24, 2025 in an X post

The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration.

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stated on August 23, 2025 in an X post

An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.

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stated on August 4, 2025 in a post on Truth Social

“Promises kept: negative net migration (in the U.S.) for the first time in 50 years!”

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Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina

Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina

By Will Doran • November 24, 2025

Can the US government strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship?

Can the US government strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship?

By Samantha Putterman • November 7, 2025

Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE

Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE

By Grace Abels • November 3, 2025

HHS' Oz says $1 billion of Medicaid funds went to immigrants in US illegally. States disagree

HHS' Oz says $1 billion of Medicaid funds went to immigrants in US illegally. States disagree

By Phil Galewitz • November 3, 2025

Who gets food stamps? Viral chart misleads about SNAP recipients' race, ethnicity

Who gets food stamps? Viral chart misleads about SNAP recipients' race, ethnicity

By Loreben Tuquero • October 27, 2025

Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech

Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech

By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2025

¿Qué dijo Trump en su discurso ante la ONU? Aquí lo verificamos

¿Qué dijo Trump en su discurso ante la ONU? Aquí lo verificamos

By PolitiFact Staff • September 23, 2025

What to know about B-1 visas that some detainees from the Hyundai plant used to enter the US

What to know about B-1 visas that some detainees from the Hyundai plant used to enter the US

By Maria Briceño • September 10, 2025

Why did a court rule that Trump can’t deport Tren de Aragua members using the Alien Enemies Act?

Why did a court rule that Trump can’t deport Tren de Aragua members using the Alien Enemies Act?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 3, 2025

Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 25, 2025

What are H-1B visas and how does the Trump administration propose changing them?

What are H-1B visas and how does the Trump administration propose changing them?

By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2025

How much power does Donald Trump have to change the census and who is counted in it?

How much power does Donald Trump have to change the census and who is counted in it?

By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2025

New US visa bonds program: What is a visa bond? Who is affected?

New US visa bonds program: What is a visa bond? Who is affected?

By Gabrielle Lazor • August 5, 2025

Ron DeSantis dijo que todos en Alligator Alcatraz tienen orden de deportación, abogados dicen que no

Ron DeSantis dijo que todos en Alligator Alcatraz tienen orden de deportación, abogados dicen que no

By Samantha Putterman • July 31, 2025

Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections

Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections

By Sandy West • July 31, 2025

DeSantis said ‘everybody’ at Alligator Alcatraz has a deportation order. Lawyers say he’s wrong.

DeSantis said ‘everybody’ at Alligator Alcatraz has a deportation order. Lawyers say he’s wrong.

By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2025

¿Quiénes están en Alligator Alcatraz? No todos son criminales, contrario a lo que dijo Donald Trump

¿Quiénes están en Alligator Alcatraz? No todos son criminales, contrario a lo que dijo Donald Trump

By Madison Czopek • July 25, 2025

¿Cómo se comparan los estándares de detención de ICE con los de las cárceles y prisiones?

¿Cómo se comparan los estándares de detención de ICE con los de las cárceles y prisiones?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 17, 2025

Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said

Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said

By Madison Czopek • July 17, 2025

Trump officials say ICE has higher detention standards than prisons, jails. Is that true?

Trump officials say ICE has higher detention standards than prisons, jails. Is that true?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 16, 2025

Latest promises about Immigration

Carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history

Revoke the Temporary Legal Status of Haitians

End birthright citizenship

Finish the border wall

Restore and expand the travel ban

Designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations

Restore Remain in Mexico program

Create a victims' compensation fund of "migrant crime" from seized gang assets

Provide assistance to Northern Triangle countries

Protect military personnel and veterans from deportation

Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people

Double number of immigration judges and staff

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