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Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Miami:

When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer wanted to "provide driver’s licenses to those who are undocumented. (Hillary Clinton) said don’t do it."

By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 in remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston:

"Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants.

By Anthony Cave • March 4, 2016

Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2016 in Radio interview:

"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."

By Eleanor Dearman • February 27, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in Texas:

Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment."

By Linda Qiu • February 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the CNN debate:

"If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject."

By Aaron Sharockman • February 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 15, 2016 in an interview on Fox News:

Says Marco Rubio "went on Univision, and in Spanish he promised that he would not on the first day in office rescind President Obama's illegal executive action."

By Amy Sherman • February 17, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 6, 2016 in an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire:

"The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first."

By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 2, 2016 in a town hall event in Windham, N.H.:

The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."

By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.

By Lauren Carroll • January 31, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News:

On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants

By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa:

"When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."

By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it.

By Joshua Gillin • January 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 in the South Carolina presidential debate:

Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post:

Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2016 in a television ad:

A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 in a radio interview.:

"Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border.

By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 in a radio interview.:

Forty percent of illegal immigrants are "people coming legally on visas and overstaying their visas."

By Warren Fiske • December 28, 2015

Ann McLane Kuster
stated on December 3, 2015 in an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio:

Says the Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 would not "pause" the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.

By Clay Wirestone • December 19, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."

By Joshua Gillin • December 18, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on December 8, 2015 in a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz:

Says President Barack Obama "himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2015

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