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Did Trump Call for Mass Detention and Deportation of Undocumented Immigrants?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Dec 20, 2023 The former president gave an incendiary speech at a December 2023 campaign rally in Nevada.
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Was an Elderly Nevada Couple Shot Dead by an Undocumented Immigrant?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan 24, 2019 In October 2021, Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman pleaded guilty to shooting dead Gerald and Sharo ...
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Did Mexico Sign a Major Trade Deal With Argentina to Retaliate Against Trump's Border Wall Plans?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Nov 1, 2017 Mexico is in trade talks with Argentina, but no deal has been finalized; the cost to American fa ...
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Sunlight, Flare, Light

Is Biden Admin Restarting Border Wall Construction?

Written by:
Jessica Lee
Apr 7, 2021 Joe Biden promised not to build "another foot of wall" during his 2020 campaign.
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Was El Paso One of the 'Most Dangerous Cities' in U.S. Before a Border Fence Was Built?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb 6, 2019 What did make a difference was a flood of Border Patrol agents, who began Operation Hold the Lin ...
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Were President Trump’s Border Wall Specs Designed to Benefit a Russian Oligarch?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan 30, 2019 A chain message made a series of questionable assertions about President Trump’s signature borde ...
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Did Lettuce Kill More People in the U.S. in 2018 Than Undocumented Immigrants Did?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan 23, 2019 Undocumented immigrants do commit crime at a lower rate than native-born U.S. citizens, but not ...
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U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Did a Group of Migrant Men With a Kidnapped Mexican Girl Hold a Texas Rancher in El Indio at Gunpoint?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 21, 2019 We sought to corroborate an incident described in a social media post that went viral in early 2019.
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Did President Trump Tout San Antonio as a City Made Safe by a Border Wall?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 20, 2019 President Donald Trump seemingly boasted to reporters about how well San Antonio’s non-existent ...
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Did President Donald Trump Run TV Ads Asking Border Wall Supporters to Call an 800 Number?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan 18, 2019 "We need to deliver the voices of millions of Americans that we support President Trump, and it ...
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Can Federal Government Workers Be Fired After 30 Days of Shutdown?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 17, 2019 The law varies depending on the type of shutdown.
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U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Did Congress 'Set Aside' $50 Billion in 2006 for the Construction of Border Fencing?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan 16, 2019 When some leading Democrats voted for the Secure Fence Act, were they agreeing to 10 times more ...
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Was Wall Street Originally the Site of a 'Border Wall' Meant to Protect New Amsterdam?

Written by:
David Emery
Jan 15, 2019 Social media memes compared a defensive wall built along the northern border of New Amsterdam du ...
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U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Did Clifford Walker Say at a 1924 KKK Rally That He Would Build a 'Wall of Steel' Against Immigrants?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 14, 2019 A presidential biographer drew a comparison to then-Georgia Gov. Walker's comments and steel bor ...
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Trump Denied He Said Mexico Would Write a Check for the Wall — But He Did

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 11, 2019 President Trump's comments on how border wall construction would be funded shifted as it became ...
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Did the Trump Family Donate $1 Billion to Fund the Border Wall?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 11, 2019 President Trump needs to raise funds before he raises walls.
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Did Trump Use a Concrete Wall Metaphor During a 2004 Commencement Speech?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 10, 2019 Donald Trump in 2004: "‘If there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it, go over it, g ...
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Ronald Reagan

Did Ronald Reagan Try for Eight Years to Build a Border Wall?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 9, 2019 If yes, it would fly in the face of his advocacy of free movement for workers between the U.S. a ...
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Were 17,000 “Criminal Aliens” and 6,000 MS-13 Gang Members Arrested in 2018?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan 8, 2019 This claim, made on the RNC’s “Border Facts” page, muddied several numbers to make a misleading ...
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Did Illegal Border Traffic Drop by 90% in Areas Where Physical Barriers Were Expanded?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan 8, 2019 This claim, made on the RNC’s “Border Facts” page, is problematic and largely meaningless in ter ...
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