Fact Check Posts – Page 26

Dan Crenshaw
stated on May 6, 2019 in in a television apperance:

Says about 80% to 90% of people seeking asylum do not have a valid claim.

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 17, 2019

Letitia James
stated on April 23, 2019 in a news conference:

"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2019

Viral image
stated on April 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:

For the first time in U.S. history, a one-year-old appears in court as a defendant.

By Samantha Putterman • April 26, 2019

Viral image
stated on April 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Border guards found 52 tons of guns and ammunition in 14 Conex containers disguised as furniture. This ‘furniture’ is from Muslim immigrants who have come to America"

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 25, 2019

Howard Schultz
stated on April 4, 2019 in a Fox News town hall:

Says presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama each tried to get immigration bills passed, but "it did not work because the other party was unwilling to provide the president and his party a victory."

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2019

Viral image
stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post:

A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 10, 2019

X posts
stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals."

By Miriam Valverde • April 8, 2019

Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors.

By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 8, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on April 1, 2019 in a Medium post:

Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."

By Miriam Valverde • April 5, 2019

Mark Meadows
stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing:

"The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010."

By Bill McCarthy • April 4, 2019

Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs:

Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure.

By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019

Quentin Miller
stated on February 26, 2019 in a speech:

Says an ICE detainer request "is not a valid warrant."

By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht • March 28, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.

By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."

By Liz Newton, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • March 27, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 27, 2019

Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."

By Jon Greenberg • March 22, 2019

Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 12, 2019 in news release:

In-state tuition available "for non-U.S. citizens after three years … veterans have to wait five years."

By Eric Litke • March 13, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2019 in a text post on Facebook:

Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"

By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019

Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"In February alone there were enough illegal immigrants who crossed the border to fill this (Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead) stadium."

By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2019

America First
stated on March 1, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."

By Miriam Valverde • March 7, 2019

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