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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on July 8, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox Business Network:
Says South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley "is an immigrant."
Pants on Fire!
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 24, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 17, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
"Between 2010 and 2014, there was no net in-migration from Mexico."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 22, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Jeb Bush "happens to be where a majority" of Republican voters are on giving legal status to illegal immigrants.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 14, 2015
Gary Painter
Gary Painter
stated on May 10, 2015 in as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story:
"We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2015
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on May 26, 2015 in an interview on "America with Jorge Ramos":
"America has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico's entire population."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 2, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 1, 2015 in the National Review Forum:
"We have a legal immigration system in America that accepts 1 million people a year, legally. No other country in the world even comes close to that."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 in an interview:
Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border 
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 5, 2015 in an appearance at a high school in Las Vegas, Nev.:
"Not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2015
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch
stated on April 14, 2015 in a web item:
"ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2015
ForAmerica
ForAmerica
stated on April 12, 2015 in a meme on social media:
"American families work hard to earn $4,250 a month. Obama is spending $18,972 a month on each illegal immigrant child."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2015 in a roundtable chat in Iowa:
Says "all my grandparents" immigrated to America.
False
By Katie Sanders • April 16, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 7, 2015 in an interview with the Texas Tribune:
On in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants.
Half Flip
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2015
People for the American Way
People for the American Way
stated on April 13, 2015 in a radio ad:
Says Marco Rubio "voted to deport" young people known as Dreamers.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 14, 2015
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