No. Though around 450,000 residents have been disqualified from jury duty because of their citizenship status over prior one-year periods, according to California officials, there is no evidence that the individuals were all registered voters. State officials have repeatedly refuted the claim that the noncitizen residents were registered to vote.
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Did the number of mail-in ballots issued by Arizona in the 2022 general election exceed the number of voters eligible for them?
No. Any Arizona voter is eligible to request a ballot by mail between 93 and 11 days before the election. Around 3 million mail ballots were sent out in the 2022 general election, including to voters signed up for the state’s Active Early Voter List and those who requested mail ballots from their county recorders. More than 2 million were returned.
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The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, a statewide nonprofit (501c3) newsroom based in Phoenix, seeks an energetic and motivated individual to help lead AZCIR’s fundraising efforts at a critical time of growth for the newsroom. We’re looking for a highly organized, detail-oriented development or marketing professional to support our Executive Director as the newsroom embarks on an ambitious capacity-building campaign.
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Did the Trump administration fire nearly two dozen immigration judges?
Yes. In mid-February, the Trump administration fired 13 immigration judges who had yet to be sworn in, as well as seven acting immigration judges. Those waiting to be sworn in were appointed by former President Joe Biden, as were two of the acting judges. It is unclear which administration appointed the remaining five, as their identities are not yet publicly known.
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Did encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border decrease by 95% in the first week of Trump’s presidency?
No. While Border Patrol encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border decreased in the first week of Trump’s presidency, there is no evidence of a 95% drop compared to the previous week. The data used to arrive at that percentage incorrectly compared the total number of encounters during Biden’s last seven days in office to the average daily encounters in the week following Trump’s inauguration, a PBS analysis found.