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Latest Fact-Checks In Homeland Security

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Let America Work
Let America Work
stated on September 1, 2016 a TV ad
Says Russ Feingold was the "only senator to vote against Homeland Security."
False
September 21, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech
Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech on immigration in Phoenix
"Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2016
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on August 3, 2016 a press release
Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."
Half-True
By Will Doran • August 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian  ... refugees . . .  despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."  
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on July 19, 2016 a roll call at the Republican National Convention
Says North Carolina is "home of the largest military installations in the world."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • July 21, 2016
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando
"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 26, 2016 an interview on ABC
"It was allowed," referring to her email practices.
False
By Lauren Carroll • May 31, 2016
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
stated on April 20, 2016 a political advertisement
Says former state Sen. Kelli Ward "wanted to ban our intelligence agencies from operating in Arizona."
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • May 11, 2016
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 23, 2016 a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing
"Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • April 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 20, 2015 a radio interview
Says "Barack Obama is apparently not for vetting people and saying just anybody can come" to the United States.
False
By Sarah Hauer • February 26, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on December 8, 2015 a tweet
"91% of suspected terrorists who attempted to buy guns in America walked away with the weapon they wanted."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • December 29, 2015
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview
Says President Barack Obama’s homeland security budget had "$16 million to fight climate change" but "didn't have a line item to fight violent extremism."  
Mostly False
December 18, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview on CNN
Says Marco Rubio said "we should be considering internment" of Muslims, and "maybe we should close down cafes and diners where Muslims gather and in fact compared them to the Nazi party."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview with George Stephanopoulos
The Charleston, S.C., shooter "should have never been given a gun, but the universal background check was not fast enough."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • December 6, 2015
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