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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Ryan Eller
Ryan Eller
stated on August 31, 2015 a CNN interview
"Jesus was an undocumented immigrant."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 3, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 a town hall in New Hampshire
"The federal government right now does not deport criminals."  
False
By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2015
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on August 8, 2015 a Breitbart article
Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican debate
Illegal immigration "wasn’t a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech in Las Vegas
"If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech at a political rally in Phoenix
Says Florida had five sanctuary cities while Jeb Bush was governor.
False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • July 15, 2015
Joe Theismann
Joe Theismann
stated on July 9, 2015 a discussion on "Outnumbered"
"We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 14, 2015
Gavin McInnes
Gavin McInnes
stated on June 22, 2015 a broadcast of "The Greg Gutfeld Show"
"50 percent of murders in Texas have been linked to illegal aliens."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 1, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 an interview
Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border 
False
May 13, 2015
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch
stated on April 14, 2015 a web item
"ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2015 a roundtable chat in Iowa
Says "all my grandparents" immigrated to America.
False
By Katie Sanders • April 16, 2015
John Fredericks
John Fredericks
stated on February 28, 2015 a radio show.
Every illegal immigrant "can be eligible for up to $36,000 to $38,000 in earned income tax credits without paying a dime in."
False
By Warren Fiske • March 9, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 an interview on Fox News
In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference in Australia.
"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.
False
By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on September 19, 2014 an email to supporters
"Sen. Mark Begich cast the deciding vote in favor of President Obama’s authority to issue executive amnesty to illegal aliens."
False
By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on August 29, 2014 a press release
"Our men and women of the Guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 19, 2014
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 3, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Mark Pryor voted "to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 21, 2014 a news story
At "least a quarter of those apprehended" at the border "have criminal records."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2014
Joe Miller
Joe Miller
stated on August 9, 2014 a campaign mailer
"If 20 million illegals vote, you can kiss the Second Amendment goodbye."
False
By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2014
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