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Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on April 18, 2018 a debate:
Says the 2015 vote on the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act "was not a vote to deny access to the U.S."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 24, 2018
Kelli Ward
Kelli Ward
stated on March 16, 2018 a Facebook post:
Says Rep. Martha McSally "is a #FlipFlopBorderHawk."
Half-True
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.  
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."  
Half-True
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."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • 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."
Half-True
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."  
Half-True
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.
Half-True
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."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • 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.
Half-True
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."  
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • September 6, 2017
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