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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
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
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 15, 2010 a news release
"In the last five years, 28,000 people have been killed along the U.S.-Mexico border."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 31, 2010
John Mica
John Mica
stated on November 18, 2010 an interview with MSNBC.
"On the question on the DREAM Act, no -- no to granting lower tuition to illegals."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 14, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on December 2, 2010 a web video.
"In Florida, illegal immigration costs taxpayers nearly $4 billion (a year). This amounts to $700 for every household in Florida."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 6, 2010
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