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Latest Fact-Checks By Miriam Valverde

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 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."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • 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 26, 2016 a Presidential debate
"In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings."
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Says comprehensive immigration reform "will add $700 billion to our economy."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech in Arizona
"Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a press conference in Mexico
Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 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."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 12, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 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."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 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.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 6, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech in Arizona
"Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2016 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."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a post on Medium
"Almost half a million people are still eligible (for DACA), particularly in the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community."
True
By Miriam Valverde • August 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech in Youngstown, Ohio
"We admit about 100,000 permanent immigrants from the Middle East every year."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 19, 2016
Lisa Boothe
Lisa Boothe
stated on July 26, 2016 an interview on Fox
"One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 5, 2016 remarks at journalists' convention
Undocumented immigrants "pay $12 billion a year into Social Security."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • August 10, 2016
National Border Patrol Council
National Border Patrol Council
stated on July 28, 2016 a statement
"Interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 5, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the DNC
Says "Donald Trump has defended" World War II internment camps.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • July 29, 2016
Karen Bass
Karen Bass
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Says Donald Trump promised "the mass deportation of Latino families."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 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."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016
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