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Latest Fact-Checks By Miriam Valverde

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 31, 2018 State of the Union address
"A single immigrant can bring in unlimited numbers of distant relatives."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 State of the Union address
The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 31, 2018
Ronald Brownstein
Ronald Brownstein
stated on January 23, 2018 a CNN interview
"They found 60 votes in the Senate in 2006 and 2013" for immigration legislation, and "each time the House Republican majority refused to take it up."
True
By Miriam Valverde • January 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2018 a Cabinet meeting
Says "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack.
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 24, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 White House graphic
"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • January 23, 2018
Credo Action
Credo Action
stated on December 21, 2017 a tweet
Democratic lawmakers who voted in favor of short-term spending bills "just voted to deport Dreamers."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 9, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 a speech
Says of the diversity visa lottery program, "they give us their worst people, they put them in a bin," and "the worst of the worst" are selected. 
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • December 20, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 13, 2017 a blog post
"UPDATE: ‘Thousands’ voted for Doug Jones in Alabama town with population of 2,256"
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2017
Scott Perry
Scott Perry
stated on November 30, 2017 a House committee hearing
Says the Obama administration purged "training courses and information about Islamism, jihad, Sharia, and the Muslim Brotherhood."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 4, 2017 remarks to reporters
"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2017
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on November 9, 2017 a Fox News post
"When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 17, 2017
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet
"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 13, 2017
Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano
stated on November 5, 2017 a tweet
"There are no background checks on long guns (AR15s) in Texas."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • November 6, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet
The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 6, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on November 1, 2017 a White House press briefing
Says diversity visa immigrants are not vetted.
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet
Says the diversity visa lottery program is "a Chuck Schumer beauty."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2017
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on October 26, 2017 a statement
Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 31, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on October 12, 2017 a speech
In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2017
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on October 9, 2017 a WSB-TV interview
A Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a document
"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 11, 2017
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