Fact Check Posts – Page 20

Tim Kaine
stated on August 1, 2016 a speech.:

Donald Trump says "all Mexicans are rapists."

By Warren Fiske • August 8, 2016

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."

By Anthony Cave • August 4, 2016

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."

By Riley Snyder • July 28, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year."

By Miriam Valverde • July 19, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention”:

"Hillary Clinton is for open borders."

By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton’s immigration platform would "create totally open borders."

By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation."

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech on terrorism and immigration:

There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.

By Linda Qiu • June 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview on 'Meet the Press':

"You have to be a citizen to vote," but with same-day voter registration, "you have places where people just walk in and vote."

By Lauren Carroll • May 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the CNN debate:

"If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject."

By Aaron Sharockman • February 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 2, 2016 a town hall event in Windham, N.H.:

The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."

By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.

By Lauren Carroll • January 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2016 a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa:

"When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."

By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 the South Carolina presidential debate:

Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 an interview with The Washington Post:

Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 a radio interview.:

"Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border.

By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."

By Joshua Gillin • December 18, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2015 a Facebook comment:

"Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 27, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on November 17, 2015 a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. :

"The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."

By Nick Reid • November 20, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on November 12, 2015 remarks to reporters in South Carolina:

Says Ted Cruz "is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally" and "proposed giving them work permits."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2015

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