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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 21, 2018 in a monologue
"There isn't a system" for reuniting families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.
True
By John Kruzel • June 29, 2018
Cal Thomas
Cal Thomas
stated on June 20, 2018 in a column
Says Hillary Clinton once "supported a border wall until she ran for president in 2016."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • June 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2018 a campaign speech
"We’ve already started (the border wall). We started it in San Diego."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • June 26, 2018
Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer
stated on June 19, 2018 in an interview
"Most (immigrants) do show up in court."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • June 26, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on June 7, 2018 an interview with Fox News
Florida taxpayers "pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 25, 2018 a blog post headline
"Mexico’s Next President Calls for An Invasion Of The US"
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • June 25, 2018
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 21, 2018 a headline
"Migrant mother and ‘crying girl’ on Time cover never separated."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 16, 2018 a blog post
"Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’"
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • June 25, 2018
Brad Parscale
Brad Parscale
stated on June 20, 2018 a tweet
"Fact: Over 90,000 kids were detained under Obama. And no one cared."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 21, 2018 an interview
Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."  
Mostly True
June 22, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 18, 2018 a tweet
"Bill Clinton passed a law in 1996 that separated children from adults illegally entering America."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2018 speech at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration
"There's been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2018 remarks to reporters on the White House grounds
"You can’t (end the separation of families at the border) through an executive order."
Full Flop
By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on June 19, 2018 a statement
On separating families at the border.  
Half Flip
June 20, 2018
Matt Schlapp
Matt Schlapp
stated on June 15, 2018 in an interview
The Trump administration’s policy of separating families is "the same way Barack Obama did it."
False
By John Kruzel • June 19, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 11, 2018 an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas
"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2018 a tweet
"Crime in Germany is way up."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2018
YourNewsWire.com
YourNewsWire.com
stated on June 17, 2018 in a blog post
"Senate report admits Clinton ‘gifted’ children to human traffickers"
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 18, 2018
X posts
X posts
stated on June 11, 2018 a post by a filmmaker
Say a boy was 'caged' in a wire enclosure.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 15, 2018
Newsflash
Newsflash
stated on June 13, 2018 a blog post
"Trump’s DHS secretary confirms they are preparing to arrest sanctuary city leaders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • June 13, 2018
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