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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 21, 2019 CNN State of the Union interview:
"There's a survey done in Guatemala. A third of Guatemalans intend to migrate to the United States. That's about 5.8 million people."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2019 a Facebook post:
 "No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners."  
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • July 17, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2019 a Facebook post:
Migrants at the U.S. border are "able to pay cell phone bills" after a "two-month excursion across four separate countries."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • July 10, 2019
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 21, 2019 a press release:
"As you know, we apprehended over 144,000 people in a single month. That is a pace, which if it continues for 12 months, would put us on a pace for nearly 2 million apprehensions on the border."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • June 27, 2019
Garland Tucker
Garland Tucker
stated on May 8, 2019 an interview with Sean Hannity:
Said Sen. Thom Tillis "co-sponsored a bill that not only provided amnesty, but provided a clear path to citizenship for illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By Elizabeth Thompson • June 5, 2019
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on May 21, 2019 a tweet:
More than 100,000 people are waiting for public housing in Houston and people who are in the country illegally are taking their spaces.
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 30, 2019
Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz
stated on April 4, 2019 a Fox News town hall:
Says presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama each tried to get immigration bills passed, but "it did not work because the other party was unwilling to provide the president and his party a victory."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet:
"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. ​
Mostly False
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 8, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 12, 2019 news release:
In-state tuition available "for non-U.S. citizens after three years … veterans have to wait five years."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 13, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Ben Carson said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2019
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet:
Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and build a wall.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 24, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on January 9, 2019 a tweet:
"The debate on securing our border can't be measured in partisan jabs. It has to be measured in the human toll caused by porous borders: 1/3 migrant women are sexually assaulted;  7/10 migrants are victims of violence; 20k migrant children were illegally smuggled last month."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2019 a televised speech:
Says Sen. Charles Schumer "repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected president."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • January 9, 2019
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on December 23, 2018 a tweet:
"The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2019
PuppetStringNews.com
PuppetStringNews.com
stated on November 29, 2018 in a blog post:
Says "2,267 caravan invaders have tuberculosis, HIV, chickenpox and other health issues"
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 4, 2018
Steve Daines
Steve Daines
stated on November 15, 2018 a Senate hearing:
Sanctuary jurisdictions "violate the laws of our nation."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • November 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2018 a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.:
"Even in California now, they don’t want to be sanctuary cities anymore. They want out."
Mostly False
By Kenna Richards • November 15, 2018
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 11, 2018 a campaign ad:
"In Washington, McCaskill joined the liberals for giving amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By Kathryn B. Palmer • November 4, 2018
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 29, 2018 a Facebook ad:
"If Rick Scott had his way he would encourage racially profiling immigrant communities here in Florida. He also opposed allowing Dreamers to remain in the U.S."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 2, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on October 11, 2018 an attack ad:
Says Phil Bredesen "lured illegal immigrants to Tennessee."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2018
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