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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on November 20, 2014 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
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 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
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 17, 2014 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
Rick Santorum
stated on November 23, 2014 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
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 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
Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 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
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 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
Brit Hume
stated on November 10, 2014 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
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on November 9, 2014 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
Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2014 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
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 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
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 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
David Dewhurst
stated on September 26, 2014 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
Dan Patrick
stated on October 8, 2014 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
Lars Larson
stated on October 2, 2014 an email:
"TSA WILL ACCEPT DRIVERS PRIV CARDS FOR ID AT THE AIRPORT"
True
By Dana Tims • October 7, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on September 17, 2014 an ad:
Says Michelle Nunn is "for amnesty."
Mostly False
By April Hunt • October 7, 2014
Allen West
Allen West
stated on September 26, 2014 a Facebook post:
Says President Barack Obama "ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 2, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 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
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on September 19, 2014 an email to supporters:
"Sen. Mark Begich cast the deciding vote in favor of President Obama’s authority to issue executive amnesty to illegal aliens."
False
By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2014
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on September 19, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • September 25, 2014
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