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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Deirdre Imus
Deirdre Imus
stated on July 24, 2014 a broadcast on Fox Business of "Imus in the Morning"
Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants "were not pouring in like" they are now.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2014
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on July 1, 2014 a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight'
The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 15, 2014
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour"
When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2014 a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base
Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because  President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2014
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 his speech at the state convention of the Texas Democratic Party
Says he lived in a colonia while working as a farm worker.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 2, 2014
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on June 26, 2014 an interview with KERA News
"The platform of the Republican Party says deport everybody and to hell with it."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 17, 2014 a tweet
Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.
False
By Steve Contorno • June 19, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 29, 2014 a campaign email.
Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat.
False
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 30, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a TV ad
Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2014 a Facebook post
A judge's order means there's a "Constitution exemption zone" if you live "within 100 miles of the United States border."
False
By Julie Kliegman • January 13, 2014
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on October 21, 2013 a statement on WPRO-AM
"Under Mayor Cicilline, [Providence] was a sanctuary city."
False
By John Hill • November 24, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 7, 2013 a video advertisement, "Fight"
I am "the only candidate for lieutenant governor to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2013
Dan Stein
Dan Stein
stated on July 7, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The Senate immigration bill "unleashes a massive increase in overall immigration. … We're talking about a population increase under the Senate bill of over 70 million people in 20 years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2013
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 27, 2013 an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation”
The immigration bill "has a specific provision that says that Secretary Napolitano does not have to build any fence if she chooses not to."  
False
By Becky Bowers • June 27, 2013
Steve King
Steve King
stated on May 23, 2013 a House floor speech
"Ronald Reagan’s signature on the 1986 amnesty act" gave Barack Obama about 15 million additional Hispanic votes in 2012.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview on C-SPAN.
Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2013 blog posts on the Internet
Proposed immigration legislation would give new immigrants "a taxpayer-funded cellular phone."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 30, 2012 a TV interview
 "Congressman Cicilline, when he was the mayor of Providence, espoused a sanctuary city."
False
By John Hill • October 9, 2012
Rob Andrews
Rob Andrews
stated on September 12, 2012 an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey
Says the "number-one source" of illegal immigration "is people legally coming to the United States on a tourist visa or a student visa and then disappearing into the population and never being heard from again."
False
By Bill Wichert • September 23, 2012
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