Fact Check Posts – Page 52

Sean Hannity
stated on October 19, 2015 a segment of Fox News' "Hannity":

"The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."

By Aaron Sharockman, Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015

Ron Johnson
stated on October 7, 2015 an interview:

Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working."

By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 4, 2015 an interview on ABC "This Week":

Among Syrian refugees, "there aren't that many women, there aren't that many children."

By Joshua Gillin • October 4, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 25, 2015 Values Voter Summit:

When ICE releases illegal immigrants, "a lot of those people are not from Honduras and Mexico. They’re from Iraq and Somalia and Russia."

By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"We've had examples like in Yuma County, where we've been able to stop 97 percent of the illegal (immigration) flow, and those programs, they abolish."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on September 16, 2015 a presidential debate:

"There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 a GOP presidential debate on CNN:

Says Mexico doesn't have birthright citizenship, and Americans are the "only ones" to have it.

By Katie Sanders • September 17, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 16, 2015 comments during the CNN debate:

"A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty."

By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2015

Jorge Ramos
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News:

"Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas."

By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 speaking to reporters in Iowa:

"It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015

Ryan Eller
stated on August 31, 2015 a CNN interview:

"Jesus was an undocumented immigrant."

By Joshua Gillin • September 3, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet:

"How do Jeb Bush and Donald Trump differ on immigration? Spoiler alert: They don't."

By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 answering a reporter in Iowa:

"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 a town hall in New Hampshire:

"The federal government right now does not deport criminals."

By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 a town hall in Derry, N.H.:

"Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment.

By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on August 23, 2015 a Facebook post:

Says Bobby Jindal’s parents "used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby."

By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2015

Corey Lewandowski
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says "there’s 400,000" anchor babies born in the United States a year, which are "individuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be U.S. citizens."

By Linda Qiu • August 23, 2015

S.E. Cupp
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union":

"There are actually only 30 countries that practice birthright citizenship."

By Will Cabaniss • August 23, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union":

Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control."

By Joshua Gillin • August 23, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on August 17, 2015 a meme.:

Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China."

By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2015

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