Trump and MAGA falsely link New Orleans attack to border

How a Fox News report and Donald Trump fueled false claims about the New Orleans suspect
The network issued a correction within an hour saying that the truck entered the country in mid-November and it wasn’t driven by Jabbar.
New Orleans Attacker Was US Citizen and Didn't Just Cross Mexican Border, as Fox News Reported
On Jan. 1, 2025, after a man rammed a pickup into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing more than a dozen people, a rumor about his origins spread. According to a Fox News report, law enforcement said the man drove the truck into the U.S. from the Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, just days before the attack.
‘Dangerous’: Trump and MAGA falsely link New Orleans attack to the border
Within hours of the attack in New Orleans, president-elect Donald Trump falsely suggested that the suspect was an undocumented immigrant—and Republicans followed suit.
Trump falsely links New Orleans terror attack to migrants after erroneous Fox News report
An erroneous early Fox News report about the New Orleans terror attack is warping the political dialogue in the aftermath of the deadly rampage. The false report from Fox, which was attributed to anonymous sources,
How Fox News’ retracted New Orleans report sparked a MAGA meltdown about the border
Despite the right-wing network walking back its reporting throughout the day on Wednesday, Donald Trump and his allies have continued to blame the Biden administration’s border policy for the terror attack.
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Terror suspect's truck drove through Eagle Pass, Texas, two days before attack
The vehicle used by the alleged New Orleans terrorist to plow into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year on Bourbon ...
New Orleans driver didn't cross Texas border two days before attack | Fact check
Fox News initially reported the New Orleans attacker's truck passed across the border into Texas two days before but later issued a correction.
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Sanctuary City Court Ignored Detainer On Illegal Migrant Charged With Kidnapping, Attempted Rape, ICE Says
A Massachusetts court ignored a request to hold an illegal migrant accused of kidnapping and various sex crimes for ...
US conservatives baselessly tie New Orleans attacker to illegal immigration
US conservatives rushed to blame illegal immigration after a man drove his truck into a crowd of New Year's Eve revelers in ...
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New Orleans suspect's truck came across border in Eagle Pass, Texas
Fox News' David Spunt provides details on the truck used in the attack in New Orleans that killed at least 10 and caused more ...
Republicans Wrongly Tie New Orleans Attack to Illegal Immigration; Suspect Was a Citizen
Federal law enforcement officials have identified an Army veteran, who was born in the United States, as the sole person responsible for the Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 ...
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City of Eagle Pass Receives $268,925 Grant from Operation Lone Star for Border Security
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Eagle Pass City Manager Homero Balderas announced ...
VERIFYING how misinformation about the New Orleans attack suspect's citizenship status spread online
In the hours after the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street, people on social media falsely claimed the suspect was in the ...
2 little migrant girls dumped at US border by smuggler with nothing but a handwritten note
Two little migrant girls clutching a handwritten note were dumped at the US border by a smuggler who ran back to Mexico, ...
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Captain Amy Gonzalez Appointed Interim Eagle Pass Chief of Police
By: Victoria Martinez, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2025 Eagle Pass City Manager Homero Balderas announced on ...