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Michael McCaul
stated on December 2, 2014 in a committee hearing:

President Barack Obama "said over 20 times he did not have the legal authority" to act as he did on immigration.

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2014

Peter Morici
stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal":

Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014

Tim Kaine
stated on November 20, 2014 in a news release.:

"Every president since Eisenhower has taken executive action to address immigration issues."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson, Nancy Madsen • November 30, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech:

Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2014

Rachel Maddow
stated on November 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":

On immigration, what reports say President Barack Obama "plans to do is roughly on the same scale" as what President George H.W. Bush did.

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • November 24, 2014

Rick Santorum
stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech announcing new immigration actions:

"The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:

In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."

False

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference in Australia.:

"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.

False

By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2014

Brit Hume
stated on November 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:

"It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2014

Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on November 9, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2014 in a meme on social media:

Says the 1956 Republican Party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.

Mostly True

By Nai Issa, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate:

Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it.

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 in a Telemundo debate:

Says a bill he vetoed to give driver licenses to certain immigrants known as Dreamers would have changed "nothing."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on September 26, 2014 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:

"Prayer rugs have recently been found on the Texas side of the border in the brush."

Pants on Fire!

By Dylan Baddour • October 19, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV ad:

Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2014

Lars Larson
stated on October 2, 2014 in an email:

"TSA WILL ACCEPT DRIVERS PRIV CARDS FOR ID AT THE AIRPORT"

True

By Dana Tims • October 7, 2014

David Perdue
stated on September 17, 2014 in an ad:

Says Michelle Nunn is "for amnesty."

Mostly False

By April Hunt • October 7, 2014

Allen West
stated on September 26, 2014 in a Facebook post:

Says President Barack Obama "ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • October 2, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate in Austin:

Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014

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