{"id":1493585,"date":"2022-05-26T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493585"},"modified":"2022-05-26T16:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T20:15:14","slug":"fact-check-no-the-suspected-uvalde-school-shooter-was-not-an-illegal-immigrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-the-suspected-uvalde-school-shooter-was-not-an-illegal-immigrant\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, The Suspected Uvalde School Shooter Was Not An Illegal Immigrant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-the-suspected-uvalde-school-shooter-was-not-an-illegal-immigrant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493585&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travis.downey.5\/posts\/pfbid02i26MSibVMdsroskugUSJkViNVmKqr71A8aJ31SzouuYZEJF3sNZGyxk6UPmKiVril\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Texas school shooting suspect Salvador Ramos was an illegal immigrant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7437197\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7437197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The suspect in the shooting was a U.S. citizen, according to government officials.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ramos killed 19 students and two teachers at Uvalde\u2019s Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday before being shot and killed by law enforcement, NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/live-updates\/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-05-25-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. President Joe Biden is expected to visit the town in the coming days to meet with the families of the victims, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook post claims the perpetrator of the attack was an illegal immigrant. \u201cSalvador Ramos, turns out is an illegal immigrant,\u201d reads part of the post. \u201c1 question. WTF is taking away your right to defend yourself going to do about illegal immigrants smuggling in guns and killing people\/children going to do? It\u2019s going to make it worse!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence to suggest Ramos immigrated to the U.S. illegally. Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Salvador+Ramos+immigrated+to+the+U.S.+illegally&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;ei=c9qPYt7jNN-SwbkPtMiA2As&#038;ved=0ahUKEwie6cm4-P33AhVfSTABHTQkALsQ4dUDCA4&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=Salvador+Ramos+immigrated+to+the+U.S.+illegally&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBAhBGAFKBAhGGABQ6QRYsiBgsiFoBnAAeACAAawBiAHMDZIBBDAuMTKYAQCgAQHAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reporting<\/a> to support that claim. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stated that Ramos was a U.S. citizen in a press conference after the shooting, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/texas-elementary-school-shooting-what-we-know-about-the-suspected-shooter-2022-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insider<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/25\/fact-check-us-zero-mass-shootings-donald-trump-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The US Have Zero Mass Shootings While Donald Trump Was President?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez said during a May 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/se\/date\/2022-05-24\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> appearance that he had been briefed by Texas Rangers investigating the crime and was informed that Ramos was born in North Dakota. Despite this, there are no records of Ramos attending public school in the state, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/bismarcktribune.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/crime-and-courts\/senator-says-texas-school-shooter-born-in-north-dakota-ramos-never-attended-public-school-in\/article_422954c0-dc2d-11ec-abd1-37027115d03d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Bismarck Tribune<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post is not the only incorrect claim being shared online about the Uvalde suspect. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/25\/fact-check-trans-flag-uvalde-school-shooting-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corrected<\/a> a spurious claim that a particular image showed Ramos holding a transgender flag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims Texas school shooting suspect Salvador Ramos was an illegal immigrant.Facebook\/ScreenshotVerdict: False The suspect in the shooting was a U.S. citizen, according to government officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":1493641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}