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Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras. Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2022 in a post Video shows Sen. John Kennedy telling Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, “You will be impeached.” Mike Pence stated on November 18, 2022 in a speech The border wall and the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy “reduced illegal immigration by 90%.” Jeh Johnson stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview “Only about 20%” of people who apply for asylum qualify for it. Instagram posts stated on November 20, 2022 in an Instagram post The Biden administration is deporting Cubans “because Cubans by and large are conservatives.” Instagram posts stated on November 17, 2022 in a post Video is evidence of a recent increase in robberies in Spain by “migrants from the Middle East and Africa.” Adam Laxalt stated on November 20, 2022 in an ad “Biden and Democrats have dismantled border security.” Florida Immigrant Coalition stated on October 18, 2022 in un anuncio de campaña “Marco Rubio le ha votado en contra a los Dreamers”. Catherine Cortez Masto stated on October 13, 2022 in a tweet Adam Laxalt is “anti-DACA” and “fought against the protections for DACA recipients when he was attorney general.” Citizens for Sanity stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad Suggests that an immigrant charged with sexually assaulting a child entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration. Citizens for Sanity stated on October 7, 2022 in an ad “Every single Senate Democrat voted against hiring more border agents. They voted against deporting felons. And they voted against ending catch and release.” Blake Masters stated on October 15, 2022 in a tweet Immigrants illegally in the country are treated “better than military veterans.” West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet “More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.” Alex Mooney stated on August 29, 2022 in a tweet “There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.” Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post “America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.” Peggy Hubbard stated on September 19, 2022 in a post Martha's Vineyard declared itself as a sanctuary city until the buses arrived. Instagram posts stated on September 16, 2022 in a post Martha’s Vineyard “deported 50 illegals after only 24 hours.” Instagram posts stated on September 18, 2022 in a Facebook post Martha’s Vineyard "used the military to deport every last illegal migrant from their island.” Jim Marchant stated on August 9, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon “Here in Nevada, the DMV registers everybody (to vote) and so that means illegals. They don’t check.” Adam Laxalt stated on August 8, 2022 in a statement The public health order Title 42 is "the last tool Border Patrol has to stop the overwhelming flood of illegal immigrants pouring into our country.” Load more
Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras.
Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2022 in a post Video shows Sen. John Kennedy telling Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, “You will be impeached.”
Mike Pence stated on November 18, 2022 in a speech The border wall and the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy “reduced illegal immigration by 90%.”
Jeh Johnson stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview “Only about 20%” of people who apply for asylum qualify for it.
Instagram posts stated on November 20, 2022 in an Instagram post The Biden administration is deporting Cubans “because Cubans by and large are conservatives.”
Instagram posts stated on November 17, 2022 in a post Video is evidence of a recent increase in robberies in Spain by “migrants from the Middle East and Africa.”
Adam Laxalt stated on November 20, 2022 in an ad “Biden and Democrats have dismantled border security.”
Florida Immigrant Coalition stated on October 18, 2022 in un anuncio de campaña “Marco Rubio le ha votado en contra a los Dreamers”.
Catherine Cortez Masto stated on October 13, 2022 in a tweet Adam Laxalt is “anti-DACA” and “fought against the protections for DACA recipients when he was attorney general.”
Citizens for Sanity stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad Suggests that an immigrant charged with sexually assaulting a child entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration.
Citizens for Sanity stated on October 7, 2022 in an ad “Every single Senate Democrat voted against hiring more border agents. They voted against deporting felons. And they voted against ending catch and release.”
Blake Masters stated on October 15, 2022 in a tweet Immigrants illegally in the country are treated “better than military veterans.”
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet “More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
Alex Mooney stated on August 29, 2022 in a tweet “There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.”
Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post “America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.”
Peggy Hubbard stated on September 19, 2022 in a post Martha's Vineyard declared itself as a sanctuary city until the buses arrived.
Instagram posts stated on September 16, 2022 in a post Martha’s Vineyard “deported 50 illegals after only 24 hours.”
Instagram posts stated on September 18, 2022 in a Facebook post Martha’s Vineyard "used the military to deport every last illegal migrant from their island.”
Jim Marchant stated on August 9, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon “Here in Nevada, the DMV registers everybody (to vote) and so that means illegals. They don’t check.”
Adam Laxalt stated on August 8, 2022 in a statement The public health order Title 42 is "the last tool Border Patrol has to stop the overwhelming flood of illegal immigrants pouring into our country.”
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