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Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 30, 2019 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. ​
Mostly False
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 8, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 1, 2019 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."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 5, 2019
Mark Meadows
Mark Meadows
stated on March 14, 2019 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."
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 4, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 news articles and blogs
Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019
Quentin Miller
Quentin Miller
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech
Says an ICE detainer request "is not a valid warrant."
True
By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht • March 28, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet
Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.
False
By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2019 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."
Pants on Fire!
By Liz Newton, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • March 27, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2019 a Facebook post
"Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office."
False
March 27, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2019 a Facebook post
"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 22, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 12, 2019 news release
In-state tuition available "for non-U.S. citizens after three years … veterans have to wait five years."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 13, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2019 a text post on Facebook
Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"
False
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post
"In February alone there were enough illegal immigrants who crossed the border to fill this (Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead) stadium."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2019
America First
America First
stated on March 1, 2019 a tweet
Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 7, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 28, 2019 a post on the Internet
"Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 28, 2019 a Facebook post
"Chicago now has City ID Cards which allow illegal immigrants to vote in local, state & federal elections."
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 4, 2019
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on February 22, 2019 a press conference
Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 1, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 24, 2019 a podcast
Says handing over arrested undocumented youth to ICE "was an unintended consequence" of a 2008 San Francisco policy that she supported.
False
By Chris Nichols • February 28, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 31, 2019 a Facebook post
Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free.
False
February 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2019 a tweet
"We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!"
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • February 25, 2019
David Price
David Price
stated on February 14, 2019 a tweet
Says border "crossings remain at historically low levels."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • February 22, 2019
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