Trump HUD Secretary Scott Turner Falsely Claims Undocumented Immigrants Can Get Mortgages

Falsified Mortgage Claims

• 🎯 HUD Secretary Scott Turner falsely claimed on Fox News that undocumented immigrants are obtaining mortgages.
• 💡 Maria Bartiromo asked how undocumented immigrants get mortgages, but Turner failed to provide a direct answer.
• 🚫 The reality is that undocumented immigrants cannot obtain federally backed mortgages, nor can they access standard mortgage systems like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, as these require legal identification and proof of residency.
• ⚠️ While ITIN loans exist for undocumented individuals, they are not mortgages, require tax filing, have high interest rates, and are not used for purchasing homes.

Misrepresentation of Economic Conditions

• 🤥 Scott Turner also falsely claimed that inflation and interest rates were at record highs when Donald Trump took office.
• 📊 The transcript refutes this, stating that inflation was 2.8% when Trump entered office and has remained between 2-3% for much of the Biden administration.
• 📉 Mortgage and interest rates have not been at record highs and are influenced by Treasury decisions, not Trump's influence.

Housing and Homelessness Policies Under Trump

• 🏠 Turner's claims about HUD's actions to prevent "illegal alien exploitation" of housing programs are contrasted with the reality of Trump's presidency.
• 📉 Homelessness increased annually during Trump's term before the pandemic.
• ✂️ The Trump administration reportedly cut housing assistance by over $8 billion, attempted to eliminate the Housing Trust Fund, and slashed Section 8.
• 🚫 They also blocked housing vouchers for mixed-status families and gutted fair housing rules.

Media Criticism

• 🗣️ The host criticizes the lack of journalistic pushback, labeling the Fox News segment as propaganda.
• 😔 It is lamented that people are falling for these false claims, highlighting a tragedy in public discourse.