Vance said ICE will go 'door-to-door' to check immigration status
On Jan. 7, 2026, U.S. Vice President JD Vance appeared on Fox News to discuss Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents' deportation actions, among other issues. Numerous listeners claimed Vance proposed that ICE would go "door-to-door" to determine the immigration status of people across the country.
The claim spread on Instagram, Reddit, and other social media outlets, and numerous Snopes readers asked us to confirm that Vance made such a statement. According to the rumor, Vance said ICE agents would decide whom to deport after going "door-to-door" to check documentation.
Vance did indeed make the above statement in an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters. Footage of Vance on Fox News shows him responding to a question from Watters about how President Donald Trump's administration would speed up deportations of immigrants in the country illegally, to which Vance said ICE agents would be going "door-to-door" to check documentation. As such, we rate this claim a correct attribution.
