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Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 9, 2011 a press release.
The "six largest cities in Ohio all have higher rates of violence and crime than every major city along the U.S.-Mexico border."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2011
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on April 29, 2011 comments to the 'St. Petersburg Times' and 'Miami Herald'
Says using E-Verify is "a fair amount of cost," about $20 per person that does not match.
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2011 an interview
Says "we have now more Border Patrol officers … than we’ve had at any time in our history."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2011
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on February 15, 2011 a committee hearing
An illegal immigrant who gains admission at a public college takes class space away from students who are legal residents.
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By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2011
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on November 30, 2010 an op-ed
Once people become citizens under the DREAM Act "and turn 21, they can sponsor their illegal immigrant parents for legalization."
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December 20, 2010
Tom Ganley
Tom Ganley
stated on July 6, 2010 a statement posted to his website
"The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law."
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By Sabrina Eaton • July 24, 2010
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 11, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 4, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 7, 2010
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on July 4, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 6, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 1, 2010 a speech
"Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 2, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 30, 2010 a press releaase
While in Congress, Nathan Deal was a leader when it came to protecting our borders.
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 11, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on May 27, 2010 commentary on his television show
"Sixty-four percent of Americans support the Arizona immigration law.''
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By Lukas Pleva • June 3, 2010
Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema
stated on April 30, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
Under the Arizona immigration law, police are required to check immigration status if someone's "lawn is overgrown" or if a dog is "barking too loudly."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2010
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 2, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
Numbers on illegal immigrants "are down in terms of apprehensions, which indicates fewer illegal crossings, but also up in terms of actual enforcement actions."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 3, 2010
Alfredo Gutierrez
Alfredo Gutierrez
stated on April 26, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's Hardball
The new Arizona immigration law "says that any police officer can stop anyone who appears to them to be reasonably suspicious of being an undocumented person."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on April 25, 2010 a panel discussion on ABC This Week
 "What the Arizona law does is make a state crime out of something that already is... a federal crime."
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By Catharine Richert • April 28, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2010 an interview with Glenn Beck
"Close to half of the folks in this country illegally entered legally (but) overstayed (their ) visas."
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By Aaron Sharockman • January 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 29, 2009 press release
"More than 1,000 people ... move to Texas every day."
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January 13, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 15, 2009 in a press release
"Illegal immigrants currently occupy 8 million jobs."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 12, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 8, 2008 a speech in Washington, D.C.
"McCain used to buck his party on immigration by fighting for comprehensive reform. . . . But when he was running for his party's nomination, he . . . said that he wouldn't even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • July 16, 2008
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