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Topic: immigration

Iowa steel plant builder is Indian-owned and files H-1B visas, as Greene said

Verdicts: 3 True, 2 Mostly True, 2 Unproven, 1 Misleading

Mesabi Metallics is owned by India’s Essar Group and has filed for H-1B workers in Minnesota. It is not new to the U.S., and its Iowa plant is still only a plan.

DOJ complained about seven Minnesota judges; it is not investigating them

Verdicts: 4 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed, 3 Unproven, 1 Misleading, 1 False

The Justice Department filed a misconduct complaint and asked the Eighth Circuit to investigate seven Minnesota judges. It is not running an investigation itself.

Benny Johnson’s Border Claims: Real Data, False Conclusions

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 1 Misleading, 1 False

Johnson’s border chart cites real CBP numbers — but ‘open the border’ misrepresents Democratic policy, and the ‘replacement’ framing invokes a debunked white nationalist conspiracy theory.

JD Vance repeated at least eight claims after they were publicly debunked

Verdicts: 1 True, 3 Unproven, 1 Misleading, 1 False

We traced claim, debunk and repeat for JD Vance’s statements since 2024. Eight fit, none was corrected, and his fact-check scorecard can’t carry the rest of the case.

Measles, Migration, and the Missing Evidence

Verdicts: 1 True, 2 False

Donalds blamed Biden-era immigration for the 2026 measles surge. CDC data: 16 of 2,903 cases involved international visitors. The cause is declining vaccination.

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order: What the Law Says, What Wong Kim Ark Held, and What the Supreme Court Decided

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True

Trump’s Jan. 2025 EO on birthright citizenship is accurately described but overstates Wong Kim Ark’s scope. SCOTUS settled it 6-3 in June 2026: the EO is unconstitutional.

Did Illegal Immigration Drive Up Your Rent? The Dallas Fed Study Trump Cited, Examined

Verdicts: 1 Mixed, 1 Misleading

A preliminary Dallas Fed working paper found unauthorized immigration contributed about 19% of rental price increases from 2021–2024. Trump claimed 40–50% via a government housing program that…

NY Millionaire Flight and $5K Rents: What the Data Shows, and What Mamdani Has to Do with It

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 Misleading, 1 False

The CBC tax-revenue and rent figures are real, but the viral post misattributes a 12-year trend to a mayor who has been in office six months and misrepresents undocumented immigration as the cause…

Did Biden “Open” the Southern Border? Fact-Checking the Claim

Verdicts: 1 Misleading

Biden reversed key Trump-era enforcement measures and presided over record border encounters, but ‘opened the border with unrestricted immigration’ is Misleading: 2.5M+ expulsions occurred, FY2024…

Did Trump Buy a Taser Maker’s Stock Before ICE Sought a $220M Deal?

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 False

A viral tweet says Trump bought Axon stock two weeks before ICE went looking for $220M in tasers, and that it’s ‘super illegal.’ The trade is real and CNBC-documented. The ‘illegal’ part is not.

Fact-Check: ICE Treatment of Children — Detention Conditions & “Children as Bait”

Verdicts: 2 True

Both claims verified: government reports document sub-human detention conditions for children, and multiple incidents confirm ICE using children to lure families.

8,499 Posts, Fact-Checked: What the President Told America From Truth Social

Verdicts: 1 Mixed, 1 Misleading, 4 False

A data-driven, bipartisan fact-check of the most significant claims Trump made on Truth Social during his second term — 8,499 posts categorized, cross-referenced against court filings, government…

Analysis

ICE Under the Constitution: A Legal Accounting of 2025-2026 Enforcement Actions

Federal courts have found ICE violated constitutional rights over 4,400 times through illegal detention, warrantless home raids, defiance of court orders, and deportation of people to torture…

Analysis

Poverty Predicts Crime Better Than Race. Here’s the Data.

Violent crime is near historic lows despite widespread belief otherwise, and immigrants commit crimes at far lower rates than native-born citizens. The data changes the picture.

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