13 People 24476 Fact-checks 7629 Articles People (13) Jill Underly Obama Girl Obama's heckler Barack Obama Michelle Obama More Perfect Union Doctors Without Borders National Border Patrol Council Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America Americans for Job Security Secure America Now Social Security Works Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition Fact-checks (24476) Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 20, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC: "President Obama has the most border patrols and border security deployed at the border of any previous president." By Amy Sherman• July 1, 2013 Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004." By Robert Farley• May 10, 2011 Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2016 in addressing the Republican Party of Texas state convention: "ISIS is running through a border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies." By Dylan Baddour• June 17, 2016 Mike Pence stated on May 02, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press' : "This administration and this Congress have been systematically cutting funding to border security since the Democrats took control." By Robert Farley• May 5, 2010 Janet Napolitano stated on May 07, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club: "We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history." By Willoughby Mariano• June 3, 2011 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.” By Miriam Valverde• March 13, 2020 National Border Patrol Council stated on July 28, 2016 in a statement: "Interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low." By Miriam Valverde• August 5, 2016 Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The (border) fence is now basically complete." By Robert Farley• May 16, 2011 Lamar Smith stated on September 21, 2013 in a flier mailed to constituents: "In 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6.5 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border was under full control of the Border Patrol." By Sue Owen• October 1, 2013 Lou Dobbs stated on July 01, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight': The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration." By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2014 Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando: "The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all." By Becky Bowers• September 23, 2011 Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 20, 2013 in an interview: Says President Obama has cracked down "on employers who are attracting undocumented immigrants and hiring them more than any previous president." By Amy Sherman• July 3, 2013 Howard Schultz stated on April 04, 2019 in a Fox News town hall: Says presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama each tried to get immigration bills passed, but "it did not work because the other party was unwilling to provide the president and his party a victory." By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2019 Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire: Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history." By Maryalice Gill• September 2, 2011 Wayne LaPierre stated on February 13, 2013 in an op-ed for the Daily Caller: "The president flagrantly defies the 2006 federal law ordering the construction of a secure border fence along the entire Mexican border." By Molly Moorhead• February 20, 2013 Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post: "Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’" By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018 Steve King stated on July 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox news: Says "nothing" in Obama’s $3.7 billion request to address the child immigrant situation "actually secures the border." By Lauren Carroll• July 14, 2014 Barack Obama stated on May 04, 2013 in his weekly radio address.: Says "we" have put more boots on the U.S.-Mexico border "than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly 80 percent from their peak in 2000." By W. Gardner Selby• May 13, 2013 Matt Schlapp stated on June 15, 2018 in in an interview: The Trump administration’s policy of separating families is "the same way Barack Obama did it." By John Kruzel• June 19, 2018 Mike Pence stated on June 07, 2023 in a CNN town hall: “The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.” By Louis Jacobson• June 8, 2023 Articles (7629) Fact-checking immigration: A year-end report By Amy Sherman• January 2, 2014 Fact-checking immigration: PolitiFact's year-end report By Amy Sherman• December 26, 2013 Twelve key fact-checks on immigration and executive action By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 21, 2014 Can President Donald Trump send the military to secure the border? By Miriam Valverde• April 4, 2018 12 key fact-checks on immigration and executive action By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 20, 2014 Top five falsehoods of the immigration debate By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan• July 7, 2013 Top five falsehoods of the immigration debate By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan• July 8, 2013 Fact-checking claims about the current immigration crisis By Derek Tsang• July 17, 2014 Have deportations increased under Donald Trump? Here’s what the data shows By Miriam Valverde• December 19, 2017 Fact-checking claims on immigration By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Molly O'Connor, W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2014 Rick Perry tours border with Fox's Van Susteren By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 26, 2011 Fact-checking Obama and others on border claims By • May 10, 2011 Who is Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s ‘border czar’? And what has he said about mass deportations? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 13, 2024 On the border -- and sometimes over the line By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2011 5 myths about immigration By Will Cabaniss• July 2, 2015 Beheadings, kidnappings and other immigration distortions By Robert Farley• September 10, 2010 Is the migrant caravan an invasion? By Miriam Valverde• November 7, 2018 Fact-checking immigration By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2012 Fact-checking attacks on the immigration bill By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2013 Our top 5 fact-checks and reports for November 2014 By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 1, 2014
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 20, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC: "President Obama has the most border patrols and border security deployed at the border of any previous president." By Amy Sherman• July 1, 2013 Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004." By Robert Farley• May 10, 2011 Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2016 in addressing the Republican Party of Texas state convention: "ISIS is running through a border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies." By Dylan Baddour• June 17, 2016 Mike Pence stated on May 02, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press' : "This administration and this Congress have been systematically cutting funding to border security since the Democrats took control." By Robert Farley• May 5, 2010 Janet Napolitano stated on May 07, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club: "We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history." By Willoughby Mariano• June 3, 2011 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.” By Miriam Valverde• March 13, 2020 National Border Patrol Council stated on July 28, 2016 in a statement: "Interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low." By Miriam Valverde• August 5, 2016 Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The (border) fence is now basically complete." By Robert Farley• May 16, 2011 Lamar Smith stated on September 21, 2013 in a flier mailed to constituents: "In 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6.5 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border was under full control of the Border Patrol." By Sue Owen• October 1, 2013 Lou Dobbs stated on July 01, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight': The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration." By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2014 Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando: "The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all." By Becky Bowers• September 23, 2011 Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 20, 2013 in an interview: Says President Obama has cracked down "on employers who are attracting undocumented immigrants and hiring them more than any previous president." By Amy Sherman• July 3, 2013 Howard Schultz stated on April 04, 2019 in a Fox News town hall: Says presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama each tried to get immigration bills passed, but "it did not work because the other party was unwilling to provide the president and his party a victory." By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2019 Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire: Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history." By Maryalice Gill• September 2, 2011 Wayne LaPierre stated on February 13, 2013 in an op-ed for the Daily Caller: "The president flagrantly defies the 2006 federal law ordering the construction of a secure border fence along the entire Mexican border." By Molly Moorhead• February 20, 2013 Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post: "Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’" By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018 Steve King stated on July 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox news: Says "nothing" in Obama’s $3.7 billion request to address the child immigrant situation "actually secures the border." By Lauren Carroll• July 14, 2014 Barack Obama stated on May 04, 2013 in his weekly radio address.: Says "we" have put more boots on the U.S.-Mexico border "than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly 80 percent from their peak in 2000." By W. Gardner Selby• May 13, 2013 Matt Schlapp stated on June 15, 2018 in in an interview: The Trump administration’s policy of separating families is "the same way Barack Obama did it." By John Kruzel• June 19, 2018 Mike Pence stated on June 07, 2023 in a CNN town hall: “The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.” By Louis Jacobson• June 8, 2023
Fact-checking immigration: A year-end report By Amy Sherman• January 2, 2014 Fact-checking immigration: PolitiFact's year-end report By Amy Sherman• December 26, 2013 Twelve key fact-checks on immigration and executive action By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 21, 2014 Can President Donald Trump send the military to secure the border? By Miriam Valverde• April 4, 2018 12 key fact-checks on immigration and executive action By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 20, 2014 Top five falsehoods of the immigration debate By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan• July 7, 2013 Top five falsehoods of the immigration debate By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan• July 8, 2013 Fact-checking claims about the current immigration crisis By Derek Tsang• July 17, 2014 Have deportations increased under Donald Trump? Here’s what the data shows By Miriam Valverde• December 19, 2017 Fact-checking claims on immigration By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Molly O'Connor, W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2014 Rick Perry tours border with Fox's Van Susteren By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 26, 2011 Fact-checking Obama and others on border claims By • May 10, 2011 Who is Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s ‘border czar’? And what has he said about mass deportations? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 13, 2024 On the border -- and sometimes over the line By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2011 5 myths about immigration By Will Cabaniss• July 2, 2015 Beheadings, kidnappings and other immigration distortions By Robert Farley• September 10, 2010 Is the migrant caravan an invasion? By Miriam Valverde• November 7, 2018 Fact-checking immigration By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2012 Fact-checking attacks on the immigration bill By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2013 Our top 5 fact-checks and reports for November 2014 By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 1, 2014
