Fact Check Posts – Page 20

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they don't even know."

By Miriam Valverde • September 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2016 in 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."

By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

"In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings."

By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 in a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute:

Says comprehensive immigration reform "will add $700 billion to our economy."

By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:

"Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records."

By Miriam Valverde • September 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a press conference in Mexico:

Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day."

By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press:

For immigrants with visa overstays, "we make no effort to hold them accountable to that or uphold the law."

By Miriam Valverde • September 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia:

"Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • September 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum :

Says Hillary Clinton said the Veterans Affairs scandal is "over-exaggerated." "She said she was satisfied with what was going on."

By Miriam Valverde • September 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:

The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration.

By Miriam Valverde • September 6, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:

"Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year."

By Miriam Valverde • September 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2016 in an interview on Fox News:

"They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements."

By Miriam Valverde • August 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 in a post on Medium:

"Almost half a million people are still eligible (for DACA), particularly in the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community."

By Miriam Valverde • August 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech in Youngstown, Ohio:

"We admit about 100,000 permanent immigrants from the Middle East every year."

By Miriam Valverde • August 19, 2016

Lisa Boothe
stated on July 26, 2016 in an interview on Fox:

"One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant."

By Miriam Valverde • August 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 5, 2016 in remarks at journalists' convention:

Undocumented immigrants "pay $12 billion a year into Social Security."

By Miriam Valverde • August 10, 2016

National Border Patrol Council
stated on July 28, 2016 in a statement:

"Interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low."

By Miriam Valverde • August 5, 2016

Joaquin Castro
stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the DNC:

Says "Donald Trump has defended" World War II internment camps.

By Miriam Valverde • July 29, 2016

Karen Bass
stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Says Donald Trump promised "the mass deportation of Latino families."

By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a video at the DNC:

"We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percent more jobs."

By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016

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