Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 15, 2020 a Democratic presidential primary debate
Says a 2007 immigration bill “was opposed by (the League of United Latin American Citizens), the largest Latino organization in America. The Southern Poverty Law Center called its guest-worker programs akin to slavery. … And you know who voted with me on that one, Joe? Barack Obama.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 17, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 14, 2020 an interview with Jorge Ramos
“You had the last two administrations deport twice as many people as we deported — twice as many.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 13, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on February 12, 2020 a Facebook post
“Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.”
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By Miriam Valverde • February 17, 2020
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on January 10, 2020 an email newsletter
Says Democratic opponents Cal Cunningham and Erica Smith support sanctuary policies.
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By Paul Specht • January 22, 2020
Ryan Fournier
Ryan Fournier
stated on October 20, 2019 a tweet
"Starting January 1, 2020, California will tax legal citizens if they don’t have health insurance. Why? The state needs to come up with $98,000,000 to pay for free health insurance for illegal aliens."
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By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 a tweet
 "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 28, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 22, 2019 a panel discussion
A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families."
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By John Kruzel • August 26, 2019
Rob Schmitt
Rob Schmitt
stated on August 14, 2019 a "Fox & Friends First" discussion
Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way."
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By Bill McCarthy • August 15, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on July 11, 2019 a speech
Says President Trump "has ended up attracting larger numbers of people coming to the United States presenting themselves for asylum status at our border than we’ve ever seen."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 28, 2019
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala
stated on July 21, 2019 an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede
Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes."
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By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2019
Weston Pagano
Weston Pagano
stated on June 24, 2019 an essay on Medium
Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times."
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By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2019
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 7, 2019 a Fox News Sunday interview
"Last year, we were in the range of 850,000 and that was the most in five years. … We are letting more people become citizens than has happened in years."
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By Miriam Valverde • July 11, 2019
Michael Burgess
Michael Burgess
stated on June 24, 2019 an MSNBC interview
Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of."
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By Miriam Valverde • July 10, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program
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By Chris Nichols • June 28, 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."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 7, 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!"
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By Miriam Valverde • February 25, 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."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 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."
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By Chris Nichols • February 7, 2019
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