Detainee Trying to Feed Her Baby or ‘The Nativity 2019’? A heartwrenching image of a detainee trying to feed her baby through a fence in December 2019 was actually taken in Argentina in 2013.
‘The Wall, It’s Real and It’s Magnificent’ Facebook Meme A meme claims that U.S. President Donald Trump's promised border wall is "real and magnificent," but the image is misleading.
Tim Allen Meme: ‘Obamacare Website Costs More Than Trump’s Wall’ Another meme bearing the actor's name and likeness contained a claim that the Affordable Care Act's website costs more than building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Does Video Show Seesaws on Both Sides of the Border Wall? On July 29 2019, the Facebook page “Jolt Texas” shared a video (archived here), stating that “[artists] installed seesaws at the border wall” so that “kids in the U.S. and Mexico could play together”: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2494457997241197 The clip racked up millions of views in just a few days. Its caption read: Amazing: Artists installed seesaws at the […]
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘All the Technology in the World Won’t Let Us Build a Wall in the Mountains’? On February 22 2019, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) shared the following meme (archived here), purporting to quote Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the feasibility of building walls across mountains in an apparent reference to the United States border: King captioned the post “Wrong again, AOC,” with a red “X.” It featured a photograph of Ocasio-Cortez and […]
Do Border Signs Admit the United States Has Lost Control of Border Territory? On January 13 2019, Facebook user Steve Raabe shared a photograph purportedly showing a sign at the U.S.-Mexico border, along with the following status update: I live on the border with Mexico. As a matter of fact, I live right on the edge. I was raised in Nevada and came to Arizona in 2003 to live. […]
Did the United States Authorize $50 Billion for the Secure Fence Act of 2006? On January 10, 2019, a text-based status update about United States President George W. Bush’s Secure Fence Act of 2006 went viral: President George W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 into law “approved $50 Billion for the wall” WHERE IS THAT MONEY? Although the post was exceptionally well circulated (in excess of 200,000 […]
Did Undocumented Immigrants Send $56 Billion in ‘Pure Cash’ to Their Home Countries Last Year? Against the backdrop of a long-running federal shutdown, purportedly over border wall funding, a Facebook user shared the following meme in January 2019: It read: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SENT $56 BILLION IN PURE CASH TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES LAST YEAR ALONE. THAT’S AFTER THEIR KIDS ENJOYED FREE EDUCATION, FREE LUNCHES, AND FREE MEDICAL CARE PAID FOR […]
Do Democrats Pay The $5 Billion Wall Cost Every 10 Days to ‘Subsidize’ Illegal Immigration? On January 4, 2019, a Facebook user shared a text-based post to a public group: It stated: Democrats pay what Trump is asking for the wall every 10 days to subsidize illegal aliens. Let that sink in. #SocialistClowns The status update was shared during the 2018-2019 government shutdown, which rested largely on United States President […]
Did the United States Give Jordan $500 Million to Build a Wall on its Border with Iraq? On January 8, 2019, just after President Donald Trump addressed the United States on the matter of his intent to construct another border wall, the Facebook page “The American Dreamer” shared the following meme: Text overlaid on an image of a soldier standing next to a very tall concrete wall read: DID YOU KNOW THE U.S. […]
