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All Fact-checks for Homeland Security

stated on May 15, 2023 in a TikTok video

"Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border.

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Instagram posts

stated on February 5, 2023 in an Instagram post

“‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.”

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stated on December 9, 2022 in a post

Video shows Sen. John Kennedy telling Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, “You will be impeached.”

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stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet

“More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”

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stated on August 29, 2022 in a tweet

“There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.”

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stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post

“America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.”

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stated on August 8, 2022 in a statement

The public health order Title 42 is "the last tool Border Patrol has to stop the overwhelming flood of illegal immigrants pouring into our country.”

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stated on August 24, 2022 in an image shared on Facebook

The FBI “spent more time investigating” the Jan. 6 Capitol attack than 9/11.

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stated on July 25, 2022 in a tweet

“Biden wants to give illegals ID cards so they can start collecting American benefits.”

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stated on May 23, 2022 in a tweet

Increased encounters at the southwest border in April 2022 compared to April 2020 are attributable to changes in border policy.

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stated on May 24, 2022 in un tuit

ICE está en Uvalde, Texas, “entonces los padres indocumentados tienen que temer la deportación antes de verificar si sus hijos están vivos".

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stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet

ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.”

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stated on May 4, 2022 in a Senate hearing

“The vast majority of individuals that we’re releasing out are not showing up for hearings.”

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stated on April 26, 2022 in Twitter

“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”

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stated on February 18, 2022 in Twitter

The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities."

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stated on April 1, 2022 in a press release

In 2021, “11,201 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection, which is enough to kill every American nearly seven times over.”

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stated on April 8, 2022 in a radio interview.

“They’re going to be giving these people who come across the border, giving them smartphones.”

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stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post

"Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.”

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stated on March 25, 2022 in a Facebook post

The Biden administration is attempting “to criminalize free speech.”

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stated on November 1, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge"

“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2023 CPAC speech about elections, immigration, economy

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2023 CPAC speech about elections, immigration, economy

By Matthew Crowley • March 6, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: What are the immigration rules for Canadians who enter the US without a visa?

Ask PolitiFact: What are the immigration rules for Canadians who enter the US without a visa?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 4, 2022

Fact-checking claim about Venezuela sending prisoners to the US southern border

Fact-checking claim about Venezuela sending prisoners to the US southern border

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 29, 2022

Clarifying the nuances in immigration law after DeSantis sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Clarifying the nuances in immigration law after DeSantis sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

By Yacob Reyes • September 23, 2022

What we know about DeSantis flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard

What we know about DeSantis flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 16, 2022

A surprising number of Americans believe these false claims about immigrants. Here are the facts

A surprising number of Americans believe these false claims about immigrants. Here are the facts

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 6, 2022

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

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

By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2022

Courts are still debating the legality of DACA

Courts are still debating the legality of DACA

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 29, 2022

Greg Abbott says he will transport immigrants arriving illegally at the border to DC. Is that legal?

Greg Abbott says he will transport immigrants arriving illegally at the border to DC. Is that legal?

By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2022

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

By Bill McCarthy • November 5, 2021

How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

By Bill McCarthy • September 9, 2021

Central America and the root causes of migration to the US

Central America and the root causes of migration to the US

By Miriam Valverde • June 7, 2021

What is the Biden administration saying about the refugee admissions cap for 2021?

What is the Biden administration saying about the refugee admissions cap for 2021?

By Miriam Valverde • April 20, 2021

What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

By Miriam Valverde • April 12, 2021

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2021

Three-hour delay: A Pentagon-National Guard timeline for Jan. 6

Three-hour delay: A Pentagon-National Guard timeline for Jan. 6

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2021

Fact-checking claims about deportations in Biden's first month

Fact-checking claims about deportations in Biden's first month

By Miriam Valverde • February 26, 2021

Joe Biden’s plan to reunify families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump

Joe Biden’s plan to reunify families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump

By Miriam Valverde • February 15, 2021

Joe Biden tackles immigration, hoping to undo Trump-era policies

Joe Biden tackles immigration, hoping to undo Trump-era policies

By Miriam Valverde • January 21, 2021

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

By Miriam Valverde • October 27, 2020

Latest promises about Homeland Security

Enact domestic terrorism law

Develop a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy

Prevent corporate cyber-espionage

Prioritize security investments in refineries, pipelines and power grids

Improve communications systems for first responders

Make security part of new infrastructure design

Seek more information sharing on security between feds and localities

Strengthen Proliferation Security Initiative aimed at stopping spread of weapons of mass destruction

Limit term of director of national intelligence

Initiate a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime

Increase funding for local emergency planning

Seek more funding for transportation security

Load more promises about Homeland Security