PolitiFact threw another "False" flag on their mountain of 1,095 Donald Trump "fact checks" on Wednesday. The dispute was whether Harvard gave the Department of Homeland Security the information they requested on their foreign students. They cited a recent press gaggle with the president:
"Part of the problem with Harvard is that there are about 31% of foreigners coming to Harvard ... but they refuse to tell us who the people are," Trump told reporters May 25. "We want a list of those foreign students and we'll find out whether or not they're OK. Many will be OK, I assume. And I assume with Harvard many will be bad."
PolitiFact immigration reporter Maria Ramirez Uribe reported things that made it sound like it's preliminary to cry "False":
The Department of Homeland Security says Harvard did not provide the information it requested about the university’s international students. DHS cited that as one reason for revoking Harvard’s certification. But Harvard disputed that in its lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Courts have not yet ruled on whether Harvard complied with providing DHS with the additional information it requested.
But PolitiFact shopped for an expert to convict Trump of falsehood:
However, immigration law experts said Trump’s statement that the U.S. government doesn’t know the identities of Harvard’s international students is incorrect.
U.S. colleges and universities that enroll international students must be certified under the Department of Homeland Security’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program, called SEVP.
SEVP’s database "contains all information about every student visa holder. Addresses, courses, grades, jobs, social media accounts, and much more," Charles Kuck, an Atlanta-based immigration lawyer and Emory University law professor, said.
According to campaign finance records, Chuck Kuck is (surprise!) is a serious donor to Democrats, including Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock, and Jon Ossoff. In 2018, Kuck gave $10,000 to the Georgia Democratic Party. You'll also find Kuck used to donate to Republicans like Jeb Bush until.....Donald Trump became the leader of the GOP.
PolitiFact also suggest Trump was "False" because the "State Department issues visas. To apply for a student visa, a person must fill out a form and schedule an interview. As part of the application process, students must provide biographical and employment information, including information about their relatives, and answer security questions, including about their criminal records."
Since they're Democrat-friendly, these journalists have zero suspicions that the Biden administration was lax on violent criminal immigrants coming into the country, and so the Trump people are vigilantly assuming something might have fallen through the cracks.
Does Maria Ramirez Uribe have a problem with Trump and his team? It would seem so, since in 2025, she hasn't "fact checked" a single Trump opponent. This is her author page so far this year, in reverse date order:
May 28: Donald Trump -- FALSE
May 15: Stephen Miller -- FALSE
May 9: Pam Bondi -- PANTS ON FIRE
May 8: Donald Trump -- FALSE
May 1: Pam Bondi -- PANTS ON FIRE
April 10: Donald Trump -- PANTS ON FIRE
April 8: Brooke Rollins -- MOSTLY FALSE
February 21: Elon Musk -- PANTS ON FIRE
February 14: Elon Musk -- FALSE
February 7: Kristi Noem -- HALF TRUE
January 31: Donald Trump -- FALSE
January 30: Karoline Leavitt -- FALSE
This is what PolitiFact calls "independent fact checking."
