Immigration

“Nikki Haley “opposed Trump’s border wall” and “Trump’s travel ban.”

PolitiFact says: Nikki Haley opposed Donald Trump’s 2015 campaign proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. However, she supported travel bans he instituted as president. Haley didn’t oppose Trump’s border wall.

“A video shows a Muslim immigrant urinating on pork in the Netherlands.”

“Muslim immigrant in Holland urinates on the pork section of the supermarket as another films saying ‘we don’t eat pork’”

“Video showing an immigration officer stealing passengers’ money and luggage”

FACTLY says: The video is scripted, and the individuals featured in it can be observed playing various roles in other videos released by a YouTube channel, PaulVuTV

“France Paris Metro Underpass. A bunch of Islamic Migrants were doing what they do best, molestation of women. Unfortunately for these bastards, these 3 women were French para-military personnel.”

“Three French paramilitary women being mass molested by migrants in a Paris metro underpass”

“Three French paramilitary women being mass molested by migrants in a Paris metro underpass !!”

“This video shows three French paramilitary women facing off with molesters who are migrants”

FACTLY says: The video is a choreographed stunt featuring professional trainees at the Campus Univers Cascades, a stunt training centre in France

“There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill 3 million Americans.”

PolitiFact says: To kill 3 million people would require around 13 pounds of fentanyl. At the northern border, officials seized 14 pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year 2022 and 2 pounds in fiscal year 2023, which ended in September.

“The media didn’t cover “new history” when North Korea and South Korea’s leaders crossed the border for the first time.”

“In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? 38,000.”

PolitiFact says: Christie’s claim about apprehensions at the border and detention space is mostly right but needs clarification. Because of longstanding immigration laws and policies, not everyone who is apprehended can be detained.

“The Democrats are pushing “to take in a million Palestinian refugees”

PolitiFact says: Two Democrats in the U.S. House expressed support for the U.S. taking refugees, but it's ridiculous to leap from their comments to suggest the Democratic Party wants to take in 1 million refugees from Gaza.

“These are civil Egyptians crossing the Palestinian border to deliver water and food stuffs to Palestine”

“A CNN reporter “faked” being near the Israel-Gaza border.”

“CNN staged their footage of journalists taking cover from rockets near Israel-Gaza border.”

“Video shows African migrants cooking a dog in Dublin”

“The border wall — the money was appropriated for the border wall. I tried to get to them to reappropriate it, to redirect that money. They didn’t. ... I can’t stop that.”

FactCheck.org says: The appropriations law from 2019 stated that of the funds for Customs and Border Protection, $1.375 billion would “only” be available “for the construction of barrier system along the southwest border.”

“footage from outside a bar in Spain shows a fight between locals and asylum seekers”

“Biden is giving each illegal [immigrant] family $2,200 per month.”

FactCheck.org says: Immigrants who come to the U.S. illegally have very limited access to government benefits. But an old falsehood conflates aid given to refugees with the limited assistance available to immigrants who entered illegally.

“Video shows recent migrants’ attack on the Poland-Belarus border.”