Statistical indicators of President Biden’s four years in office.
Issues: Illegal immigration
Lawmakers’ Health Care, Government Shutdown Claims
Trump, Project 2025 and Immigration
Border Czar Makes Misleading Claim About Immigrants With Criminal Records
Border Czar Tom Homan has been repeating the misleading claim that there are “over 600,000 illegal aliens with criminal records walking the streets of this nation.” That number includes legal immigrants, not just those who entered the country illegally; about a third of them have only been charged, not convicted; and it’s unclear how many of them have been, or currently are, incarcerated.
A Dedicated FEMA Fund Will Pay for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Q: Are FEMA funds being used to construct an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades?
A: Yes, the immigrant detention facility in Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being “funded largely” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The funding does not come from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.
A False Claim About Illegal Immigration and Medicaid
A House-passed reconciliation bill would reduce federal funding to states that provide state-funded health insurance to people in the U.S. illegally, resulting in 1.4 million people losing coverage, according to a preliminary Congressional Budget Office analysis. But President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers have wrongly cast the bill as removing these immigrants from Medicaid.
Intelligence Memo Undercuts Trump’s Immigration Argument
When the Washington Post reported via anonymous sources that a government intelligence assessment concluded the Venezuelan government was not directing the migration of members of the Tren de Aragua gang to the United States, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, said those “behind this illegal leak of classified intelligence” had “twisted and manipulated [the information] to convey the exact opposite finding.” The redacted report shows the Post’s reporting was accurate.
Trump’s 100th Day Spin
Tracking Trump’s Promises at the 100-Day Mark
Due Process and the Abrego Garcia Case
The Supreme Court ruled on the evening of April 10 that the Trump administration must comply with a lower court’s order to “facilitate” the release from custody of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an immigrant who was deported without a hearing to a mega prison in El Salvador. The case underscores the issue of due process and what legal protections are afforded to noncitizens.









