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Ken Paxton
stated on August 26, 2018 in an interview on Fox & Friends:

Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018

Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech:

"Half of everyone that’s here illegally (in the U.S.) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • August 24, 2018

Martha McSally
stated on August 14, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says "former Democrat Kelli Ward attacked President Trump's plans to crack down on illegal immigration, saying Trump was making a mistake."

Mostly False

By Miriam Valverde • August 16, 2018

Dean Heller
stated on June 26, 2018 in a press release:

Says Jacky Rosen "skipped work ... at the expense of veterans" to "attend a publicity stunt."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on August 3, 2018 in a video ad made public by the Texas Tribune:

Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2018

Equity Forward
stated on July 23, 2018 in an ad:

Says HHS Secretary Alex Azar called family separations at the border and detention of children in cages "one of the great acts of American generosity and charity" and "is now in charge."

Mostly False

By Miriam Valverde • August 2, 2018

Infowars
stated on July 24, 2018 in a post:

"Revealed: UN plan to flood America with 600 million migrants."

False

By Miriam Valverde • August 1, 2018

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 26, 2018 in a speech:

"One out of every 30 people in the Greater Boston area is an illegal alien."

True

By Miriam Valverde • July 31, 2018

Chris Sununu
stated on June 26, 2018 in an interview:

"Every time they’ve done those border patrols, they’ve taken out people who have trafficked drugs. That’s the federal government’s role. They’re doing their job."

Half-True

By Ethan DeWitt • July 27, 2018

Bill Nelson
stated on July 23, 2018 in a Senate floor speech:

Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children."

Mostly False

By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2018

Mike Pence
stated on July 19, 2018 in a speech:

In 2017, ICE "arrested more than 127,000 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions or facing charges of breaking our nation's’ laws," and removed nearly 5,000 gang members.

True

By Miriam Valverde • July 25, 2018

Kirstjen Nielsen
stated on July 19, 2018 in an interview:

"There are billboards in Central America in the Northern Triangle countries advertising how to grab a kid to get into the United States illegally."

False

By Miriam Valverde • July 23, 2018

Kamala Harris
stated on July 17, 2018 in a press conference:

"Let’s talk about the facts and where we are today. There are still nearly 2,600 children who are separated from their parents" due to the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.

True

By Chris Nichols • July 19, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on July 5, 2018 in a news release:

Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement."

Pants on Fire!

By Tom Kertscher • July 13, 2018

Raul Labrador
stated on June 27, 2018 in an opinion piece in the Idaho Statesman:

Immigrants "can show up at any embassy or consulate abroad" to make their asylum claims.

False

By Miriam Valverde • July 10, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2018 in a tweet:

"I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13."

False

By Miriam Valverde • July 9, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 27, 2018 in an interview with The Intercept:

"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."

False

By Lucia Geng • July 6, 2018

Diamond and Silk
stated on July 2, 2018 in a headline:

"Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal."

False

By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2018

Viral image
stated on June 28, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says Maxine Waters told CNN, "SCOTUS pick should be illegal immigrant."

Pants on Fire!

By Bill McCarthy • July 5, 2018

Viral image
stated on July 3, 2018 in a meme shared on the Internet:

"39% of All California Students are illegals."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018

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