290 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
PolitiFact says: The Biden administration designated Temporary Protected Status for 300,000 Haitians already living in the U.S. But applicants must pass vetting to get protected status and not everyone was subject to deportation.
FactCheck.org says: It’s true that the number of apprehensions of immigrants caught illegally crossing into the U.S. was lower in July and August than the last two months under Trump. But illegal immigration had soared under Biden.
FactCheck.org says: City police have said there have been “no credible reports” of that kind of activity.
FactCheck.org says: Harris has not indicated a change on Trump’s border wall. She has only said she’d sign a compromise border bill that allowed money appropriated during the Trump administration to be used for border wall construction.
FactCheck.org says: In 2023, the New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services was not able to get in contact with more than 85,000 children whom department officials had placed with relatives or other sponsors.
PolitiFact says: Swalwell didn’t quote Sen. Lindsey Graham accurately. Swalwell posted that Graham said Trump plans to deport legal immigrants, but Graham said Trump plans to deport immigrants in the U.S. "illegally," not "legally.
PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden said southwest border crossings are down because of US-Mexico cooperation. Border Patrol data shows encounters at the border dropped, but experts said it’s hard to pinpoint a single reason.
FactCheck.org says: At a town hall in 2020, Joe Biden said that if he were elected president, “nobody is going to be deported in my first 100 days" in office.
FactCheck.org says: Former President Donald Trump promised to build an Iron Dome missile defense system for the U.S. But he didn't say it was needed to protect the U.S. from Canada.
FactCheck.org says: Immigrants who are lawfully living or authorized to work in the U.S. are eligible for a Social Security number and, in some cases, Social Security benefits.