A political attack ad criticizing U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown's voting record on immigration made several false claims about Columbus law enforcement.

The One Nation PAC spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to air the ad through Google online and on several streaming services like Hulu between late August and early September. The Republican-aligned political action committee is not affiliated with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno's campaign, but made ad buys in several key states attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidates.

This attack ad starts off by stamping the words "Sanctuary Cities" over the skyline of Columbus. The ad then lists three names of undocumented immigrants alleging they committed crimes and claiming Columbus officials released them onto Ohio streets after they committed crimes.

WOSU fact-checked this claim using information from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Franklin County court records and found it to be false. However, the ad's claim that Columbus is a sanctuary city is mostly true.

The three immigrants One Nation PAC lists were all put through Franklin County court and later deported after receiving due process

The ad lists three names of undocumented immigrants who it says committed crimes in Ohio and were later released. These names are Mexican nationals Edgar Soto-Moreno and Manuel Vazquez-Sanchez and Somalian national Hajir Muhammud.

WOSU spoke with ICE and combed through Franklin County court records and found all three...

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