Eric Swalwell

U.S. Representative, D-Calif.. 2 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2024 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by PolitiFact6 May 2025United States

Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative, D-Calif.

“Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The Republicans’ vote against the amendment didn’t hand President Donald Trump the legal right to deport U.S. citizens. Current jurisprudence bars the deportation of U.S. citizens. Overturning that would require the U.S…

Checked by PolitiFact10 Jun 2024United States Immigration

Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative, D-Calif.

“Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

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.