Fact Check Posts – Page 23

Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2013 in blog posts on the Internet:

Proposed immigration legislation would give new immigrants "a taxpayer-funded cellular phone."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:

Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012

Brendan Doherty
stated on September 30, 2012 in a TV interview:

"Congressman Cicilline, when he was the mayor of Providence, espoused a sanctuary city."

By John Hill • October 9, 2012

Rob Andrews
stated on September 12, 2012 in 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."

By Bill Wichert • September 23, 2012

Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
stated on August 13, 2012 in an attack ad:

Says state Senate candidate Aaron Bean voted to give health care subsidies to illegal immigrants.

By Katie Sanders • August 13, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 in a speech in San Antonio.:

Mitt Romney "says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2012

Charlie Gonzalez
stated on March 27, 2012 in a conference call:

Says that Mitt Romney, while he was in Arizona, said he believes the state’s SB 1070 immigration law should be the model for national immigration laws.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2012

Chain email
stated on January 31, 2012 in a chain email.:

A Dallas proof-of-insurance ordinance resulted in area tow lots mostly filling with the cars of illegal residents.

By Katie Glueck • February 28, 2012

Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 in an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment":

"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012

Michele Bachmann
stated on November 23, 2011 in an interview:

Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."

By Eric Stirgus • November 29, 2011

Marco Rubio
stated on October 21, 2011 in a biography on his U.S. Senate website:

Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba.

By Becky Bowers • October 21, 2011

Phil Kent
stated on October 4, 2011 in a speech before the North Fulton and Friends Tea Party:

The newly created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board "can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general."

By Willoughby Mariano • October 21, 2011

Jorge Elorza
stated on October 2, 2011 in a TV interview:

"The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..."

By Lynn Arditi • October 11, 2011

Alison Littell McHose
stated on June 30, 2011 in a news release:

"Illegal immigration costs state taxpayers over $3 billion every year."

By Caryn Shinske • August 7, 2011

Sam Olens
stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story:

"If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."

By Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011

Adam Hasner
stated on June 30, 2011 in a debate:

"I sponsored and was the co-sponsor of the only legislation that ever passed that had E-Verify provisions in it back in 2010 when I served in the Legislature."

By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2011

Robert Brown
stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release:

Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War.

By Willoughby Mariano • July 1, 2011

Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2011 in a radio interview.:

Says Gov. Rick Perry has been "begging" for the federal government to send the Coast Guard to patrol two lakes on the U.S.-Mexico border.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2011

Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on January 31, 2011 in a press release:

A proposed immigration bill will "bankrupt Georgia" if passed.

By Willoughby Mariano • February 16, 2011

Pete Gallego
stated on January 27, 2011 in an interview on "Capital Tonight":

"In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... they don’t have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID."

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 9, 2011

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