“Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations, everyone, murderers, everybody, no more.”
Donald Trump
Former president of the United States. in a CPAC speech. Claim dated 28 Feb 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Biden has not closed down ICE. Biden’s administration established new deportation priorities and ordered a temporary pause on some but not all deportations.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former president of the United States) made this claim around 28 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 March 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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