Democrats are letting noncitizens and illegal aliens stay in the country and protecting illegal alien criminals.
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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 4, 2026
The post's passage is a rhetorical question about Massachusetts Senate candidates Moulton and Markey ('Who is going to do more to protect illegal alien criminals?'), not a statement that Democrats as a party are letting noncitizens stay in the country, so the extracted claim departs from the passage and widens its scope.
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What was said
… And I want to get to the debate last night in Massachusetts, Seth Moulton versus Ed Markey. Just bad and worse, just two awful, rotten candidates who are running for Senate, and their theme was protecting illegal aliens. Who is going to do more to protect illegal alien criminals? It's just remarkable how far gone state of Massachusetts. We'll get to that and more, but first, excuse me, excuse me, this isn't the end of a fight; it's the start of one. …
The Gerry Callahan Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. A PolitiFact fact-check found that Biden's 2021 deportation pause did not apply to murderers, rapists, terrorists or gang members, undercutting the claim that Democrats halted deportations of criminals, though it concerns a different time and a specific administration.[1]
Supports. A House Judiciary Republican committee document asserts that sanctuary policies in Democrat-run jurisdictions 'allow criminal aliens to stay,' which partly matches the claim's theme but is a partisan characterization about state and local jurisdictions rather than the party as a whole.[3]
Supports. An opinion column by Rep. Tom McClintock says Democratic sanctuary laws are meant to protect criminal illegal aliens from ICE, which is a political argument rather than a documented finding about the party.[4]
Context. The claimant's passage refers to a debate between Massachusetts Senate candidates Seth Moulton and Ed Markey whose 'theme was protecting illegal aliens,' and the rhetorical question that follows; it does not state that the Democratic Party as a whole lets noncitizens stay in the country.
Context. The AP reports that the Laken Riley Act, which requires detention without bond for noncitizens accused of murder and other violent crimes, drew support from 46 House Democrats and a dozen Senate Democrats, which cuts against a blanket claim that Democrats protect criminal noncitizens.[2]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary
- 1Cotton falsely claims Biden halted deportation of criminalspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2How Trump's immigration crackdown sparked a backlash that could boomerang in the midtermsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policiesjudiciary.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Sorry, Not Sorry for Immigration Enforcement - Tom McClintockmcclintock.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
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