Fact Check Posts – Page 45

Ami Bera
stated on August 22, 2016 an interview.:

Says GOP Congressional candidate Scott Jones "wants to build a wall. He wants to round people up and deport folks."

By Chris Nichols • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a vice presidential debate in Virginia:

"When Donald Trump spoke in Phoenix, he looked the audience in the eye and he said ‘no, we're building a wall and we're deporting everybody.’ He said, quote, ‘they will all be gone. They will all be gone.’ This is one of the ones where you can go to the tape on it and see what Donald Trump has said."

By Miriam Valverde • October 5, 2016

María Teresa Kumar
stated on October 2, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"Undocumented immigrants pay $12 billion of taxes every single year."

By Linda Qiu • October 2, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2016 a Facebook post:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening."

By Joshua Gillin • September 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they don't even know."

By Miriam Valverde • September 29, 2016

Tom DeLay
stated on September 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC:

Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."

By Dylan Baddour • September 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2016 a speech in North Carolina:

Says "Hillary Clinton's plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term, alone, with no effective way to screen or vet them. Her plan would cost $400 billion in terms of lifetime welfare and entitlement costs."

By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute:

Says comprehensive immigration reform "will add $700 billion to our economy."

By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech in Arizona:

"Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records."

By Miriam Valverde • September 19, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press.":

Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a press conference in Mexico:

Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day."

By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press:

For immigrants with visa overstays, "we make no effort to hold them accountable to that or uphold the law."

By Miriam Valverde • September 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 an immigration policy speech in Phoenix:

Says Hillary Clinton has "not answered a single question" about her immigration plan.

By Anthony Cave • September 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 a speech in Philadelphia:

"Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • September 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech in Arizona:

The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration.

By Miriam Valverde • September 6, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 29, 2016 an interview.:

"Undocumented workers crossing the border right now is at a 12-year low."

By Sean Gorman • September 6, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"Donald Trump’s been completely consistent" about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.

By Linda Qiu • September 4, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to increase Syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech:

Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech on immigration in Phoenix:

"Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."

By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2016

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