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Donald Trump stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview:

“If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 8, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2019 in Facebook posts:

"18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.

By Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2019

Ken Paxton stated on August 26, 2018 in an interview on Fox & Friends:

Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018

Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:

"Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year."

By Miriam Valverde • September 1, 2016

Barack Obama stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

"Illegal immigration and the crime rate are as low as they’ve been in decades."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 28, 2016

John Carter stated on August 31, 2013 in a news article:

About 40 percent of U.S. illegal immigrants "came in on an airplane, with a legal visa, and just overstayed their visa and have never gone home."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2013

Oregon Republican Party stated on May 29, 2013 in in a press release:

Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion."

By Janie Har • June 15, 2013

Jan Brewer stated on June 25, 2010 in a television interview:

"The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules."

By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2010

Alfredo Gutierrez stated on April 26, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball:

The new Arizona immigration law "says that any police officer can stop anyone who appears to them to be reasonably suspicious of being an undocumented person."

By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2010

JD Vance stated on August 24, 2026 in a speech in Brewer, Maine:

Drug overdoses decreased in Maine because the Trump administration "sealed the border."

By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2026

Susan Collins stated on June 12, 2026 in an interview with the media:

The Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling on abortion “has not had an impact on the state of Maine in that Maine actually expanded its law.”

By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2026

Donald Trump stated on February 8, 2026 in an interview on NBC:

Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”

By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2026

Threads posts stated on December 8, 2024 in a Threads post:

President-elect Donald Trump’s “plan to end birthright citizenship would mean (four) of his children wouldn't be considered US citizens.”

By Jeff Cercone • December 10, 2024

X posts stated on October 31, 2024 in X posts:

A video shows Haitians showing duplicate IDs, claiming they are voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in multiple Georgia counties.

By Loreben Tuquero • November 1, 2024

Donald Trump stated on October 4, 2024 in a conversation with reporters:

The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.”

By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 8, 2024

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA:

Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Marta Campabadal Graus • October 2, 2024

Mark Green stated on January 3, 2024 in A news conference:

Says FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress “that with the border wide open and a war in Israel, Hamas can just walk right in.”

By Sarah Bahari • January 8, 2024

MAGA Inc stated on May 24, 2023 in an ad:

“Ron DeSantis voted against the wall.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 26, 2023

Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 7, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Jeff Cercone • February 10, 2023

Tony Evers stated on November 14, 2022 in Twitter:

“An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”

By Madeline Heim • December 2, 2022

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Despite Trump’s Suggestion, Voting Twice In An Election Is Illegal Under California And Federal Law

By Chris Nichols • September 3, 2020

protest signs outside TX capitol 5/29/17

Matt Rinaldi offers different accounts of ‘illegal immigrant’ signs blamed for his calls to ICE

By W. Gardner Selby • June 2, 2017

Fact-checking JD Vance at RNC midterm convention Night 2

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • September 10, 2026

Raul Castro indicted May 2026 news conference announcement

Raúl Castro indictment: Who were Brothers to the Rescue? What happened in 1996?

By Maria Briceño, Samantha Putterman • May 20, 2026

Kristi Noem Save America Act Arizona 2-13-26

Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on her agency’s role in elections

By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2026

Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., at RNC 07/16/2024

What do we know about a smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 9, 2025

Trump said the DOJ is suing Virginia to allow noncitizens to vote. But that’s not the case.

By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2024

Trump rally in Coachella, Calif., 10-12-24

A ‘third assassination attempt’ against Trump? Here’s what we know about California arrest

By Jeff Cercone • October 14, 2024

President Joe Biden in St. Pete Beach, Florida, 10-13-24

Are foreign adversaries China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes

By Jeff Cercone • October 14, 2024

Gov. Tim Walz speaks at press conference in Minneapolis 06-24-2024

In Context: What Gov. Tim Walz said about the border wall and investing in a ‘ladder factory’

By Madison Czopek • August 6, 2024

Could the 14th Amendment be used to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot?

By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2023

Birthright citizenship: Could Ron DeSantis end it? And if so, how?

By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2023

Biden at MLK breakfast in Washington 1-16-23

Joe Biden is halfway through his term. Here’s how many campaign promises he’s kept so far.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 19, 2023

Could Trump argue he declassified the documents found in the Mar-a-Lago search?

By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2022

Trump says Watergate burglary and search of Mar-a-Lago were similar. They’re not

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2022

DACA march in D.C. for 10th anniversary June 15

Courts are still debating the legality of DACA

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 29, 2022

Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Huntsville, Texas shows a letter Texas Gov. Sam Houston had published in 1860 warning of the perils of the state seceding

Texas Republicans want a vote on ‘Texas Independence.’ But can Texas secede from the union?

By Nusaiba Mizan • June 27, 2022

Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often

By Bill McCarthy • May 19, 2022

Texas Gov. Abbott border security funding

Fact-checking Greg Abbott’s claims that Biden has ‘open border’ policies

By Nusaiba Mizan • April 26, 2022

stock image of woman receiving email on her phone

Mailbag: ‘Gotta do better,’ and ‘thank you for your service’

By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2021