Fact-check: “Sen. Chris van Hollan: "Subjecting detainees to such inhumane and unsafe conditions does nothing to improve our border security or deter illegal immigration – it only puts people's health and safety…”
Verdict: True (97% confidence)
Both independent search providers located a verbatim match for this exact quotation in an official April 10, 2025 letter co-signed by Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, hosted on Van Hollen's official U.S. Senate website (vanhollen.senate.gov) and addressed to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons. The quotation also appears in Van Hollen's official press release of the same date and was independently reported by CBS Baltimore on April 12, 2025. The attribu…
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