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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2018 a rally in Erie, Pa.
Says "Bob Casey voted in favor of deadly sanctuary cities that released thousands upon thousands of illegal alien criminals and vicious gang members to prey on Pennsylvania streets, to prey all over this country."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2018 a campaign rally in Wisconsin
"Democrats oppose any effort to secure our border."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on October 26, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Dan Feehan "would vote with Pelosi for open borders and amnesty, putting Minnesota families at risk."  
False
By Stephen Koff • October 29, 2018
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 24, 2018 a digital ad
"We know dangerous criminals can slip through immigration at airports just like ours. Yet Joe Donnelly stood right here with the radical left against all efforts to secure our most vulnerable entry points."
False
By Manuela Tobias • October 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 22, 2018 a Facebook post
"President Donald Trump signed DEPLOYMENT ORDERS for the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, instructing them to deploy from Ft. Bragg, NC, to the U.S. southern border at Mexico."
False
October 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 22, 2018 a post on Facebook
"'Caravan' Migrant Army Paint Swastika on American Flag, Burn It in the Street."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 25, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 22, 2018 a Facebook post
Says images show migrants on trains and buses heading toward the United States, not walking.
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 24, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 22, 2018 a blog post
"Intensifying Hurricane Willa headed directly toward 10,000 migrant caravan path."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 23, 2018
Mimi Walters
Mimi Walters
stated on September 25, 2018 a mailer
Says Katie Porter is part of a "radical group of Democrats with an extreme agenda to abolish ICE."
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 22, 2018
Defending Main Street
Defending Main Street
stated on October 12, 2018 an ad
Says Ohio congressional candidate Danny O’Connor "would make Columbus a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants."  
False
By Stephen Koff • October 19, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2018 a campaign rally
"Every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate has signed up for the open borders, and it's a bill, it's called the ‘open borders bill.’"
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 8, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on September 13, 2018 a foxnews.com op-ed
Says a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Claire McCaskill "would give a free pass to any illegal immigrant who brings a child to the border."
False
By Sten Spinella • October 6, 2018
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on September 16, 2018 a Fox News interview
Says Rep. Kyrsten Sinema supported a bill that is "essentially encouraging child trafficking."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 2, 2018
Texans Are
Texans Are
stated on September 12, 2018 a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2018
Infowars
Infowars
stated on July 24, 2018 a post
"Revealed: UN plan to flood America with 600 million migrants."
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 1, 2018
Kirstjen Nielsen
Kirstjen Nielsen
stated on July 19, 2018 an interview
"There are billboards in Central America in the Northern Triangle countries advertising how to grab a kid to get into the United States illegally."
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 23, 2018
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on June 27, 2018 an opinion piece in the Idaho Statesman
Immigrants "can show up at any embassy or consulate abroad" to make their asylum claims.
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 10, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2018 a tweet
"I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13."
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 9, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 27, 2018 an interview with The Intercept
"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."
False
By Lucia Geng • July 6, 2018
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on July 2, 2018 a headline
"Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2018
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