Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump
Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a post on Medium
"Almost half a million people are still eligible (for DACA), particularly in the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community."
True
By Miriam Valverde • August 22, 2016
Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell
stated on April 20, 2016 a speech
"Over the last six years, the state of Illinois spent about $320 million on illegal immigrants."
True
By Joseph Cariz • July 14, 2016
David Miliband
David Miliband
stated on June 26, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"The major immigration issue was about Poles, and Bulgarians, and Romanians," and that they weren’t contributing economically. "The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2016
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2016 Radio interview
"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."
True
By Eleanor Dearman • February 27, 2016
S.E. Cupp
S.E. Cupp
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union"
"There are actually only 30 countries that practice birthright citizenship."
True
By Will Cabaniss • August 23, 2015
Jose Diaz-Balart
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on July 26, 2015 a pundit panel segment on "Meet the Press"
"The majority of the Hispanic population and the growth (of the population) is U.S.-born."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • July 29, 2015
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on July 5, 2015 an interview
"The actual deportations from the interior of the country are way down" under President Obama.
True
By Sean Gorman • July 20, 2015
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
stated on March 9, 2015 article
Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.    
True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 13, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 22, 2015 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"Already this calendar year, since January 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 3, 2015
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 21, 2014 a news release.
"The President has decided to move forward with executive actions on immigration that he has said on numerous occasions that he didn’t have the constitutional power to take."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2014
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on October 2, 2014 an email
"TSA WILL ACCEPT DRIVERS PRIV CARDS FOR ID AT THE AIRPORT"
True
By Dana Tims • October 7, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 21, 2014 an interview with Laura Ingraham
More people are apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a week "than are born in Texas each week."
True
By Philip Jankowski • September 12, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
Battleground Texas
Battleground Texas
stated on June 10, 2014 an interview on Bloomberg TV
Says Dan Patrick has "called immigration into Texas an invasion" and "said immigrants coming into Texas bring ‘third-world diseases.’"
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 an interview on Fox & Friends
A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2014
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 Univision debate on immigration
Says Dan Patrick "proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 14, 2014
Robert Sarvis
Robert Sarvis
stated on March 31, 2014 a tweet.
"Did you know US population growth is at its lowest since the Great Depression?"
True
By Nancy Madsen • April 21, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 10, 2014 an email
"In 2006, Charlie Crist opposed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2014
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on March 30, 2014 a news story
Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2014
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