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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Rand Paul
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."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2015
Donald Trump
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.
False
By Katie Sanders • September 17, 2015
Ted Cruz
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."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2015
Jorge Ramos
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."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2015
Ted Cruz
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."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015
Ryan Eller
Ryan Eller
stated on August 31, 2015 a CNN interview
"Jesus was an undocumented immigrant."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 3, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet
"How do Jeb Bush and Donald Trump differ on immigration? Spoiler alert: They don't."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2015
Ted Cruz
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."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 a town hall in New Hampshire
"The federal government right now does not deport criminals."  
False
By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2015
Donald Trump
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.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2015
Occupy Democrats
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2015
Corey Lewandowski
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."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 23, 2015
S.E. Cupp
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."
True
By Will Cabaniss • August 23, 2015
Ben Carson
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."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 23, 2015
Facebook posts
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2015
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 6, 2015 a tweet
A "majority in every state favors path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 a policy plan on immigration.
"The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 18, 2015
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on August 8, 2015 a Breitbart article
Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
"A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican debate
Illegal immigration "wasn’t a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2015
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