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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 in the CNN debate in Las Vegas:
Says Ted Cruz supports "legalizing people who are in this country illegally."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 in in the CNN debate in Las Vegas:
Says Marco Rubio "is the one for an open border."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2015
Bryan Hughes
Bryan Hughes
stated on December 1, 2015 in a campaign press release:
"David Simpson actually voted for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015
David Simpson
David Simpson
stated on November 30, 2015 in a campaign press release:
"I have always opposed driver's licenses for illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 17, 2015 in Network TV interview:
In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • December 9, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 26, 2014 in In a viral YouTube video:
A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as "extended family" and qualify for welfare.
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • December 7, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2015 in a rally in Beaumont, Texas:
President Barack Obama "wants to take in 250,000 (people) from Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Fauzeya Rahman • December 1, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2015 in a Facebook comment:
"Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 27, 2015
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on October 21, 2015 in a memo:
In 2008, Maggie Hassan voted against legislation to "prevent sanctuary cities in New Hampshire."
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • November 25, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 17, 2015 in a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. :
"The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."
False
By Nick Reid • November 20, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 12, 2015 in an interview with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith:
"If we pass immigration reform, it will make wages go up on average $250 for the average household."  
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • November 20, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 18, 2015 in a tweet:
"8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour • November 20, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2015 in an interview on Fox:
The federal government is "making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state" from Syria.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 16, 2015 in an official statement posted on Facebook.:
"There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 19, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 17, 2015 in an interview on Laura Ingraham's radio show:
The federal government is sending refugees to states with governors who are "Republicans, not to the Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 12, 2015 in remarks to reporters in South Carolina:
Says Ted Cruz "is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally" and "proposed giving them work permits."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic debate in Des Moines:
"Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg, Lauren Carroll • November 15, 2015
Courageous Conservatives PAC
Courageous Conservatives PAC
stated on November 6, 2015 in a radio ad:
"When Chuck Schumer and Marco Rubio tried to push amnesty, it was Ted Cruz who stopped them."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 13, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate:
Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 11, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth undercard GOP debate. :
"Only one out of five of the so-called ‘Syrian refugees’ who went into Europe were actually Syrian."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 11, 2015
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