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Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on June 6, 2016 a tweet
"@realDonaldTrump is coming to San Antonio, which is 60% Mexican-AMERICAN."
Mostly True
By Filipa Ioannou • June 17, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2016 addressing the Republican Party of Texas state convention
"ISIS is running through a border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies."
Pants on Fire!
By Dylan Baddour • June 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech responding to the Orlando shooting
"According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law."
Mostly True
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech on terrorism and immigration
There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.  
False
By Linda Qiu • June 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 12, 2016 a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando
"We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2016
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on April 22, 2016 Pete Gallego campaign press release
Says Will Hurd "cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the Big Bend region -- cutting up our beloved park."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • May 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 23, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly
"Look, we are at war with these people and they don't wear uniforms. … This is a war against people that are vicious, violent people, that we have no idea who they are, where they come from. We are allowing tens of thousands of them into our country now."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2016
Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview with MSNBC's Al Sharpton
Says Sen. John McCain "told dreamers that he’ll support the Dream Act, then he voted against it."  
Half-True
By Anthony Cave • May 24, 2016
George Holding
George Holding
stated on May 19, 2016 a debate on WRAL
Says North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against "an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By Will Doran • May 23, 2016
Colorado's Voice
Colorado's Voice
stated on May 5, 2016 a news release
Says "Mike Coffman is with Trump."  
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • May 18, 2016
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
stated on May 5, 2016 an NPR interview
"Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 17, 2016
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on May 2, 2016 a radio interview.
Half of illegal immigrants "come on legal visas and then overstay."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with NBC News
Germany "is crime-riddled right now" because of migration to Europe.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview on 'Meet the Press'
"You have to be a citizen to vote," but with same-day voter registration, "you have places where people just walk in and vote."
False
By Lauren Carroll • May 8, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 2, 2016 a TV ad
Says Donald Trump "brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace Americans."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • May 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 3, 2016 a Clinton campaign tweet
Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
John Carter
John Carter
stated on March 10, 2016 a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader
"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."
Mostly True
By Nicole Barrios • May 4, 2016
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 8, 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign news release
"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • April 30, 2016
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 18, 2016 a website post.
"Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 25, 2016
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