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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 the CNN debate in Las Vegas:
Says Ted Cruz supports "legalizing people who are in this country illegally."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015
Bryan Hughes
Bryan Hughes
stated on December 1, 2015 a campaign press release:
"David Simpson actually voted for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 26, 2014 In a viral YouTube video:
A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as "extended family" and qualify for welfare.
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • December 7, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 12, 2015 an interview with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith:
"If we pass immigration reform, it will make wages go up on average $250 for the average household."  
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • November 20, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 18, 2015 a tweet:
"8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour • November 20, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 16, 2015 an official statement posted on Facebook.:
"There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 19, 2015
Courageous Conservatives PAC
Courageous Conservatives PAC
stated on November 6, 2015 a radio ad:
"When Chuck Schumer and Marco Rubio tried to push amnesty, it was Ted Cruz who stopped them."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 13, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth undercard GOP debate. :
"Only one out of five of the so-called ‘Syrian refugees’ who went into Europe were actually Syrian."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 11, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 25, 2015 Values Voter Summit:
When ICE releases illegal immigrants, "a lot of those people are not from Honduras and Mexico. They’re from Iraq and Somalia and Russia."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"We've had examples like in Yuma County, where we've been able to stop 97 percent of the illegal (immigration) flow, and those programs, they abolish."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet:
"How do Jeb Bush and Donald Trump differ on immigration? Spoiler alert: They don't."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2015
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says "there’s 400,000" anchor babies born in the United States a year, which are "individuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be U.S. citizens."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 23, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 his speech declaring his candidacy for president:
"I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent."
Mostly False
By Bradley Saacks • July 26, 2015
Allison Tant
Allison Tant
stated on July 15, 2015 a press release:
Says Carlos Lopez-Cantera "even voiced enthusiastic support for bringing an Arizona-style immigration law to Florida, calling the measure 'common sense.’"  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 16, 2015
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on July 8, 2015 comments on CNN:
"We know from ... the federal data, that they only stop or apprehend one out of four illegal people crossing our border."
Mostly False
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 14, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2015 an interview on Fox Business Network:
"Hundreds of thousands of (illegal immigrants are) going to state and federal penitentiaries."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 6, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 5, 2015 an appearance at a high school in Las Vegas, Nev.:
"Not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2015
ForAmerica
ForAmerica
stated on April 12, 2015 a meme on social media:
"American families work hard to earn $4,250 a month. Obama is spending $18,972 a month on each illegal immigrant child."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2015
People for the American Way
People for the American Way
stated on April 13, 2015 a radio ad:
Says Marco Rubio "voted to deport" young people known as Dreamers.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 14, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC:
"There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 5, 2015
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