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Latest Fact-Checks On Jerry Brown

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Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration:
"Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."
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By Chris Nichols • April 13, 2018
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 25, 2018 in a State of the State Address:
California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."
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By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2018
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 in an interview on Meet the Press:
"2.1 million jobs have been created in the last six or seven years" in California
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By Chris Nichols • March 29, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 24, 2017 in a State of the State Address:
Twenty-seven percent of Californians, almost 11 million, "were born in a foreign land."
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By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 13, 2017 in a letter:
The uninsured rate in California reached "a historic low of 7.4 percent in 2016."
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By Chris Nichols • January 19, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address:
"Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011.  
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By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2016
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on June 7, 2010 in a video on his campaign website:
California's credit rating is "the worst in the country."
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By Alex Holt • June 11, 2010