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On 11 August 2017, dubious site Proud-Patriots.com falsely reported that the family of California senator (and Senate President Pro Tempore) Kevin de León had been targeted for deportation by President Donald Trump because they are allegedly all undocumented: The article uses quotes from a speech given by de León on 31 January 2017, in which he said: De León's remarks related to a 25 January 2017 executive order signed by Donald Trump, which ordered the enhancement of immigration law enforcement, especially in so-called sanctuary jurisdictions. The article offers no evidence that either President Trump or Immigration and Customs Enforcement had targeted or was about to target members of de León's family. Furthermore, a spokesperson for de León told us that the family members to whom the senator was referring have already become naturalized United States citizens or permanent residents. The central claim of the Proud Patriots article is false, since the family members Kevin de León referred to are not eligible for deportation on the grounds of being undocumented immigrants.
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