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Immigration fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about immigration. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,620 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactImmigration

"Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota."

Publisher’s rating: True

Maldita.esImmigration

Dos inmigrantes recién llegados a Canarias tiran comida al río

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgImmigration

President Joe Biden "is paying rent for illegals."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactImmigration

"Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

Maldita.esImmigration

Esta foto de pateras es de Canarias

Publisher’s rating: Falso

Julián CastroImmigration

"This metering policy is basically what prompted Óscar and Valeria to make that risky swim across the river."

Publisher’s rating: Metering affects border crossers

PolitiFactImmigration

“A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactImmigration

There are “100,000 kids in cages” under the Getty art museum.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactImmigration

Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgImmigration

President Joe Biden reversed the Trump administration's immigration policies, resulting in a “460% spike in illegal apprehensions, over 100,000 people in custody.”

Publisher’s rating: Cherry Picks

PolitiFactImmigration

The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactImmigration

“Our government, wrongly, is saying if you’re born in this country you’re automatically an American citizen.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactImmigration

“Kamala Harris permitió la entrada a Estados Unidos de 13.000 extranjeros ilegales condenados por asesinato".

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactImmigration

Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Maldita.esImmigration

Estos son los inmigrantes que llegan contagiados a las playas

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactImmigration

“Report: Biden administration busing ‘thousands’ of illegals to red states to get permanent status.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactImmigration

Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactImmigration

Fact-checking Katie Britt's immigration claims in Republican 2024 State of the Union response

Publisher’s rating: Needs context

PolitiFactImmigration

Says Pat McCrory “shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Washington PostImmigration

“Biden is giving each illegal family $2,200 per month plus a free plane ticket and free medical care."

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios