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Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2016 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 the CNN debate in Las Vegas:

Says Ted Cruz supports "legalizing people who are in this country illegally."

By Amy Sherman, W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 in the CNN debate in Las Vegas:

Says Marco Rubio "is the one for an open border."

By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2015

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