Fact Check Posts – Page 22

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on August 29, 2014 in a press release:

"Our men and women of the Guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 19, 2014

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 3, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Mark Pryor voted "to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on July 21, 2014 in a news story:

At "least a quarter of those apprehended" at the border "have criminal records."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2014

Joe Miller
stated on August 9, 2014 in a campaign mailer:

"If 20 million illegals vote, you can kiss the Second Amendment goodbye."

By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2014

Deirdre Imus
stated on July 24, 2014 in a broadcast on Fox Business of "Imus in the Morning":

Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants "were not pouring in like" they are now.

By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2014

Lou Dobbs
stated on July 1, 2014 in 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."

By Katie Sanders • July 15, 2014

Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2014 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2014

David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Texas Democratic Party:

Says he lived in a colonia while working as a farm worker.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 2, 2014

Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on June 26, 2014 in an interview with KERA News:

"The platform of the Republican Party says deport everybody and to hell with it."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2014

Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet:

Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.

By Steve Contorno • June 19, 2014

Eric Cantor
stated on May 29, 2014 in a campaign email.:

Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat.

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 30, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2014 in 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."

By Julie Kliegman • January 13, 2014

John DePetro
stated on October 21, 2013 in a statement on WPRO-AM:

"Under Mayor Cicilline, [Providence] was a sanctuary city."

By John Hill • November 24, 2013

Dan Patrick
stated on October 7, 2013 in a video advertisement, "Fight":

I am "the only candidate for lieutenant governor to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2013

Dan Stein
stated on July 7, 2013 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2013

Jeff Sessions
stated on June 27, 2013 in 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."

By Becky Bowers • June 27, 2013

Steve King
stated on May 23, 2013 in a House floor speech:

"Ronald Reagan’s signature on the 1986 amnesty act" gave Barack Obama about 15 million additional Hispanic votes in 2012.

By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2013

Louie Gohmert
stated on April 17, 2013 in an interview on C-SPAN.:

Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2013

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