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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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