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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

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"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactImmigration

Miami’s immigration courts have the “largest backlog of any court in this country with 10% of the overall immigration cases,” and “more than 90%” of people lose their asylum claims.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactImmigration

Says "the vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactImmigration

The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactImmigration

“That’s why they are allowing these people to come in — people that don’t speak our language — they are signing them up to vote.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Maldita.esImmigration

Video en el que se ve a inmigrantes en una carretera en Canarias

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactImmigration

“80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactImmigration

"The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactImmigration

Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactImmigration

A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactImmigration

The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactImmigration

Video shows a U.S. military member opening a border gate and allowing immigrants to enter the country illegally.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactImmigration

The southern U.S. border “is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esImmigration

Estos son los inmigrantes que llegan a Gran Canaria

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactImmigration

Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactImmigration

Says Joe Biden “is restricting travel for Americans into Mexico, but is keeping the border wide open for illegal aliens to walk right into our country.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Maldita.esImmigration

Llega una patera con inmigrantes a una playa en Chiclana durante la COVID-19

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactImmigration

“There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactImmigration

“In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgImmigration

Pointing to a chart on illegal immigration, "See the arrow on the bottom? That was my last week in office. That was the lowest number in history."

Publisher’s rating: False