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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a U.S. Senate Democratic primary debate
"We have that program where immigrants come here and they have to bring a million dollars in order to get a green card if they’re going to create jobs."
Mostly False
June 29, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on May 20, 2010 an interview with the Fox News Network
Mexican government officials "hand out brochures showing individuals how they can avoid our Border Patrol, how they can get into our country."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 30, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on April 30, 2010 a news release
Late changes to the Arizona immigration law "lay to rest questions over the possibility of racial profiling."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"Dubai is the only country with huge amounts of imported workers that's actually passed legislation to give these immigrant workers a better deal in the Middle East."
Mostly False
April 20, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 17, 2010 in a letter to President Barack Obama
"The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating."
Mostly False
March 28, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 2, 2009 a campaign video
Says she has "quadrupled agents to secure our border."
Mostly False
January 12, 2010
National Republican Trust PAC
National Republican Trust PAC
stated on October 21, 2008 a television ad
"Barack Obama's plan gives a driver's license to any illegal who wants one."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • October 23, 2008
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on October 9, 2007 Detroit
"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."
Mostly False
By David DeCamp • December 11, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 28, 2007 a debate in St. Petersburg
Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 29, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.
"No, I did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion)."
Mostly False
By Michael Van Sickler • November 28, 2007
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on September 10, 2007
In 2006, Arizona had four ballot issues that were "very tough on illegal immigration... Forty-seven percent of the Hispanics in Arizona voted for them."
Mostly False
October 16, 2007
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