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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Bryan Hughes
Bryan Hughes
stated on December 1, 2015 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 31, 2015 a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines:
"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."
False
By Jason Noble • November 8, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
"I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015
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