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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
"This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
"The Mexican government ... they send the bad ones over."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 22, 2015 an appearance on 'Fox & Friends'
"Forty percent of people in this country, illegally, are overstaying visas."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 29, 2015
Jose Diaz-Balart
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on July 26, 2015 a pundit panel segment on "Meet the Press"
"The majority of the Hispanic population and the growth (of the population) is U.S.-born."
True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 29, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
The number of illegal immigrants in the United States is "30 million, it could be 34 million."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • July 28, 2015
NumbersUSA
NumbersUSA
stated on July 22, 2015 a Facebook meme
"More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 his speech declaring his candidacy for president
"I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent."
Mostly False
By Bradley Saacks • July 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech in Las Vegas
"If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2015
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on July 5, 2015 an interview
"The actual deportations from the interior of the country are way down" under President Obama.
True
By Sean Gorman • July 20, 2015
Allison Tant
Allison Tant
stated on July 15, 2015 a press release
Says Carlos Lopez-Cantera "even voiced enthusiastic support for bringing an Arizona-style immigration law to Florida, calling the measure 'common sense.’"  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 16, 2015
Hans von Spakovsky
Hans von Spakovsky
stated on July 9, 2015 an article on the Heritage Foundation website
"134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 16, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech at a political rally in Phoenix
Says Florida had five sanctuary cities while Jeb Bush was governor.
False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • July 15, 2015
Joe Theismann
Joe Theismann
stated on July 9, 2015 a discussion on "Outnumbered"
"We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 14, 2015
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on July 8, 2015 comments on CNN
"We know from ... the federal data, that they only stop or apprehend one out of four illegal people crossing our border."
Mostly False
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 14, 2015
Larry O'Connor
Larry O'Connor
stated on July 7, 2015 an interview on "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson" on Fox News
"25 percent of federal inmates are noncitizens."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2015 an interview with NBC's Katy Tur
"The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 7, 2015 in an interview with CNN
Says Jeb Bush "doesn't believe in a path to citizenship. If he did at one time, he no longer does."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2015
Harris Faulkner
Harris Faulkner
stated on July 6, 2015 a broadcast of "Outnumbered" on Fox News
"President Obama in November of last year wiped away (a program) that allows for shared fingerprinting for those who are behind bars so you know who is here legally and illegally."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2015 an interview on Fox Business Network
"Hundreds of thousands of (illegal immigrants are) going to state and federal penitentiaries."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 6, 2015
Gavin McInnes
Gavin McInnes
stated on June 22, 2015 a broadcast of "The Greg Gutfeld Show"
"50 percent of murders in Texas have been linked to illegal aliens."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 1, 2015
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