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Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on November 16, 2016 an interview with McClatchy's Washington bureau
"NAFTA allows a lot of trucks from Mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2016
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 9, 2015 social media posts, blogs
Latina who enthusiastically supported Donald Trump on stage in Las Vegas in October 2015 has been deported.
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2016
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on November 18, 2016 a WNYC interview
On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • December 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 27, 2016 a tweet
Says he "won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2016
Javier M. Gonzales
Javier M. Gonzales
stated on November 16, 2016 an interview on The Kelly File
"Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 28, 2016
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 21, 2016 "The Rush Limbaugh Show"
"Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 22, 2016
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on November 14, 2016 an MSNBC interview
"President-elect Trump's immigration policies are very similar to policies that are sitting right in the Senate and the House today to temporarily suspend immigration from countries that harbor terrorism, to temporarily suspend immigration from Syria until we get better vetting."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 18, 2016
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 14, 2016 an article on InfoWars
"Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens."  
False
By Allison Graves • November 18, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2016 a 60 Minutes interview
Says there are "probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million" criminal immigrants in the country illegally.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 15, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on November 3, 2016 a speech in Phoenix
"Spanish was the first European language spoken in this country."
True
By Miriam Valverde • November 7, 2016
Morgan Carroll
Morgan Carroll
stated on October 20, 2016 a news release
Says Mike Coffman said two different things: "stop the deportations" in a Spanish-language debate and "you're going to be deported" in an English-language TV interview.  
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • November 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2016 a campaign rally in Springfield, Ohio
"Thousands of Americans have been killed by illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 3, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2016 a radio ad
Says Russ Feingold "voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."  
Mostly False
November 3, 2016
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on September 28, 2016 a TV ad
Says Donald Trump wants to deport "our Dreamers."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2016 a campaign rally in Albuquerque
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to let people just pour in. You could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. Think of it. That’s what could happen. You triple the size of our country in one week."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • October 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally in Tampa, Fla.
"One-half of undocumented workers pay federal income taxes, which means they are paying more federal income taxes than Donald Trump pays."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 27, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 6, 2016 a radio ad
Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
False
October 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 23, 2016 a tweet from her campaign
"Donald Trump says he'd deport 16 million people."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate
"Nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it, but under Obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country, they've been deported."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 21, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 an Ohio Senate debate in Cleveland
"The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who (Syrian refugees) are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we don’t have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2016
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