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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
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
stated on August 13, 2012 an attack ad:
Says state Senate candidate Aaron Bean voted to give health care subsidies to illegal immigrants.
False
By Katie Sanders • August 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a speech in San Antonio.:
Mitt Romney "says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2012
Charlie Gonzalez
Charlie Gonzalez
stated on March 27, 2012 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.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 31, 2012 a chain email.:
A Dallas proof-of-insurance ordinance resulted in area tow lots mostly filling with the cars of illegal residents.
False
By Katie Glueck • February 28, 2012
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 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."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 23, 2011 an interview:
Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."
False
By Eric Stirgus • November 29, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 21, 2011 a biography on his U.S. Senate website:
Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba.
False
By Becky Bowers • October 21, 2011
Phil Kent
Phil Kent
stated on October 4, 2011 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."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 21, 2011
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on October 2, 2011 a TV interview:
"The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..."
False
By Lynn Arditi • October 11, 2011
Alison Littell McHose
Alison Littell McHose
stated on June 30, 2011 a news release:
"Illegal immigration costs state taxpayers over $3 billion every year."  
False
By Caryn Shinske • August 7, 2011
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on June 28, 2011 a radio news story:
"If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 30, 2011 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."   
False
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2011
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
stated on June 2, 2011 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.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 1, 2011
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2011 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.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2011
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on January 31, 2011 a press release:
A proposed immigration bill will "bankrupt Georgia" if passed.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 16, 2011
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on January 27, 2011 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."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 9, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on December 16, 2010 a state legislative committee meeting:
Under current U.S. immigration policy, "literally one person with a green card" can, in the extreme, bring in more than 270 of his relatives.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 18, 2011
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