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Nov 12, 2025
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Did Venezuela empty their prisons and mental hospitals of violent criminals

The claim that Venezuela “emptied their prisons and mental hospitals of violent criminals” and sent them to the United States is and relies on anecdote, speculation, or single-source reporting rather ...

Nov 22, 2025
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has Venezuela sent their prisoners into the united states

Available reporting shows no evidence that Venezuela has conducted an organized program of “sending” prisoners into the United States; instead, high‑profile prisoner swaps have moved small numbers of ...

Feb 4, 2026

What was the final vote percentage for all candidates in last week Texas election

won the Jan. 31 special election runoff for Senate District 9 with roughly 57% of the vote, a margin reporters described as “more than 14 percentage points,” while the linked reporting confirms Democr...

Jan 5, 2026

When and how was the U.S. law barring Muslims from office challenged or overturned?

There never was a federal statute that explicitly barred Muslims from holding public office in the United States; the viral claim tying that fiction to the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act is a debunked misre...

Jan 3, 2026

Has Venezuela formally deported or expelled prisoners to the United States recently?

No credible reporting in the provided sources shows that Venezuela has recently carried out formal deportations or expulsions of prisoners to the United States; instead the coverage documents U.S.-led...

Dec 2, 2025

Have U.S. border officials or hospitals documented increases tied to Venezuelan releases from prisons or psychiatric facilities?

Available reporting shows repeated allegations by U.S. politicians and local outlets that Venezuela has released prisoners who then joined migration flows, but independent fact-checks and official pub...