Fact Check Posts – Page 21

Marco Rubio
stated on November 12, 2015 in 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

Rick Santorum
stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines:

"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."

By Jason Noble • November 8, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 4, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week":

Among Syrian refugees, "there aren't that many women, there aren't that many children."

By Joshua Gillin • October 4, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 in a GOP presidential debate on CNN:

Says Mexico doesn't have birthright citizenship, and Americans are the "only ones" to have it.

By Katie Sanders • September 17, 2015

Ryan Eller
stated on August 31, 2015 in a CNN interview:

"Jesus was an undocumented immigrant."

By Joshua Gillin • September 3, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in New Hampshire:

"The federal government right now does not deport criminals."

By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2015

Tom Tancredo
stated on August 8, 2015 in 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."

By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate:

Illegal immigration "wasn’t a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement."

By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech in Las Vegas:

"If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee.

By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech at a political rally in Phoenix:

Says Florida had five sanctuary cities while Jeb Bush was governor.

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • July 15, 2015

Joe Theismann
stated on July 9, 2015 in a discussion on "Outnumbered":

"We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens."

By Katie Sanders • July 14, 2015

Gavin McInnes
stated on June 22, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Greg Gutfeld Show":

"50 percent of murders in Texas have been linked to illegal aliens."

By Jon Greenberg • July 1, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 in an interview:

Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border

By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2015

Judicial Watch
stated on April 14, 2015 in a web item:

"ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2015 in a roundtable chat in Iowa:

Says "all my grandparents" immigrated to America.

By Katie Sanders • April 16, 2015

John Fredericks
stated on February 28, 2015 in 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."

By Warren Fiske • March 9, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference in Australia.:

"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.

By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014

Dan Sullivan
stated on September 19, 2014 in 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."

By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2014

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