Fact Check Posts – Page 48

Bill de Blasio
stated on June 23, 2016 in a press conference at New York City Hall.:

Says "220,000 New Yorkers would have immediately benefitted had President Obama’s executive action been affirmed. So almost a quarter million of our fellow New Yorkers who are hurting right now whose rights and opportunities were taken away by the Supreme Court."

By Dan Clark • July 13, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on June 27, 2016 in a statement:

"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."

By Anna Orso • July 8, 2016

Carlos Beruff
stated on July 5, 2016 in a statement to press:

"Rather than work to secure the border, (Marco Rubio) supported Obama’s amnesty plan for illegal immigrants."

By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2016

David Miliband
stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"The major immigration issue was about Poles, and Bulgarians, and Romanians," and that they weren’t contributing economically. "The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits."

By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton’s immigration platform would "create totally open borders."

By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech in New York attacking Hillary Clinton:

"For the amount of money Hillary Clinton would like to spend on refugees, we could rebuild every inner city in America."

By Jon Greenberg • June 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation."

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2016

Joaquin Castro
stated on June 6, 2016 in a tweet:

"@realDonaldTrump is coming to San Antonio, which is 60% Mexican-AMERICAN."

By Filipa Ioannou • June 17, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2016 in addressing the Republican Party of Texas state convention:

"ISIS is running through a border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies."

By Dylan Baddour • June 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech responding to the Orlando shooting:

"According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 in 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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech on terrorism and immigration:

There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.

By Linda Qiu • June 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 12, 2016 in a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando:

"We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."

By Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2016

Pete Gallego
stated on April 22, 2016 in 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."

By Filipa Ioannou • May 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 23, 2016 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2016

Ann Kirkpatrick
stated on May 8, 2016 in 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."

By Anthony Cave • May 24, 2016

George Holding
stated on May 19, 2016 in 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."

By Will Doran • May 23, 2016

Colorado's Voice
stated on May 5, 2016 in a news release:

Says "Mike Coffman is with Trump."

By Alan Gathright • May 18, 2016

Pat Buchanan
stated on May 5, 2016 in an NPR interview:

"Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes."

By Chris Nichols • May 17, 2016

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on May 2, 2016 in a radio interview.:

Half of illegal immigrants "come on legal visas and then overstay."

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016

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