Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Kelli Ward
Kelli Ward
stated on March 16, 2018 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Martha McSally "is a #FlipFlopBorderHawk."
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By Miriam Valverde • April 3, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 1, 2018 a tweet
Says caravans of people are coming to cross the Mexico-U.S. border.  
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2018
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on January 24, 2018 an interview on Fox Business Network
In 2005 or 2006 U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer "voted for the wall."
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By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 State of the Union address
Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 7, 2018
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on January 29, 2018 an ad
"Incredibly, some Tallahassee politicians want to make Florida a sanctuary state."  
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By Allison Graves • February 2, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 12, 2018 an interview
About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."  
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February 2, 2018
Steve Cortes
Steve Cortes
stated on January 23, 2018 in an interview
"We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance."
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By Manuela Tobias • January 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 White House graphic
"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."  
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By Miriam Valverde • January 23, 2018
Paul Sperry
Paul Sperry
stated on January 13, 2018 a commentary
Says border fencing finished near El Paso in 2010 dramatically curtailed illegal crossings, local crime and drug smuggling.
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on January 10, 2018 a campaign appearance
Under "his own legislation," Donald Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country."  
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January 19, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on July 31, 2017 a Dallas Morning News news story
Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on November 30, 2017 a campaign speech
Says Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum "wants to make Florida not a sanctuary city but a sanctuary state."  
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By Allison Graves • December 6, 2017
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on November 9, 2017 a Fox News post
"When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."
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By Miriam Valverde • November 17, 2017
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet
"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."
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By Miriam Valverde • November 13, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on October 12, 2017 a speech
In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."
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By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2017
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on September 21, 2017 a debate
DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws."
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By Joshua Gillin, Miriam Valverde • September 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 14, 2017 remarks to reporters
Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet
San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 3, 2017 a CNN interview
"We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country."
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By Manuela Tobias • September 6, 2017
Jeff Denham
Jeff Denham
stated on September 5, 2017 an interview on NPR
Says Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators.
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By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2017
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