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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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on January 29, 2019 a speech:
"In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans."
False
By Chris Nichols • February 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 a CNN town hall:
"Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 a CNN interview:
"One out of every 5 people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 19, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 8, 2019 a blog post:
When visa holders exit the United States and enter Mexico, "if they leave through a land port of entry we literally have no clue if they are still here or have returned to their country of origin."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 15, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 an interview on CNN:
"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 4, 2019 a Facebook post:
Muslim immigrants were responsible for 11,000 of 13,000 knife attacks in London in the past 12 months.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Ben Carson said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2019 State of the Union address:
"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime — one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. Now, immediately upon its building, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country."  
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2019 a State of the Union Address:
San Diego’s border barrier "almost completely ended illegal crossings."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • February 7, 2019
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
stated on January 29, 2019 a committee hearing:
"Go back to 2005 until now, we have quadrupled the number of Border Patrol agents."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2019 a tweet:
"We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 19, 2019 a speech:
"One in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • January 25, 2019
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet:
Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and build a wall.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 24, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 21, 2019 Facebook posts:
"18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 a tweet:
"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019
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