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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on January 31, 2017 a Senate hearing for Rex Tillerson’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of State
"Nobody applies to the United States for refugee status. They apply to the United Nations."
False
By Aleissa Bleyl • April 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a tweet
"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"
False
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • April 18, 2017
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney
stated on March 27, 2017 a tweet
"Immigrants are responsible for 96 percent of our small biz growth since 2000."
False
By Cassie Owens • March 28, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 6, 2017 a tweet
Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2017
Dawn Buckingham
Dawn Buckingham
stated on February 8, 2017 a campaign email blast
"Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2017 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.
False
By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on January 30, 2017 a press release
Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview with CBN
"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 24, 2017 the daily press briefing
"There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 14, 2016 an article on InfoWars
"Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens."  
False
By Allison Graves • November 18, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 6, 2016 a radio ad
Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
False
October 26, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2016 a Facebook post
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2016 a speech in North Carolina
Says "Hillary Clinton's plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term, alone, with no effective way to screen or vet them. Her plan would cost $400 billion in terms of lifetime welfare and entitlement costs."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 a speech in Philadelphia
"Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • September 9, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"Donald Trump’s been completely consistent" about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.
False
By Linda Qiu • September 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2016 a rally
As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans."
False
August 18, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 1, 2016 a speech.
Donald Trump says "all Mexicans are rapists."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 8, 2016
Kelly Terry-Willis
Kelly Terry-Willis
stated on July 18, 2016 a Republican National Convention video
In Arizona, "there are only one and a half (Border Patrol) agents per every 10 square miles." 
False
By Anthony Cave • August 4, 2016
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on July 14, 2016 a news release
"Just on the issue of immigration alone, it is next to impossible to find a policy difference between (Donald) Trump and Congressman (Joe) Heck."
False
By Riley Snyder • July 28, 2016
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