“The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported.”
Tom Cotton
U.S. Senator. in a CPAC speech. Claim dated 26 Feb 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Cotton’s office said he misspoke. Biden’s administration ordered a 100-day deportation pause, but it did not apply to criminals such as murderers, rapists, terrorists or gang members.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tom Cotton (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 26 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 February 2021. Its rating was “False”.
Tom Cotton has 13 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 8 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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