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Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 26, 2014 a chain email
Says Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad chartered a plane to remove 124 young illegal immigrants from his state and take them back to Honduras.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 16, 2014
Says drug cartels are using social media to offer rebates so more children from Central America get smuggled to the United States.
Mostly False
By Nicole Chavez, W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2014
Joe Miller
Joe Miller
stated on August 9, 2014 a campaign mailer
"If 20 million illegals vote, you can kiss the Second Amendment goodbye."
False
By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2014
Protect Oregon Driver Licenses
Protect Oregon Driver Licenses
stated on April 21, 2013 a campaign website statement
Gov. Kitzhaber oversaw creation of the Oregon driver card law "behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • August 13, 2014
LIBRE Initiative
LIBRE Initiative
stated on August 10, 2014 a Facebook post
"The startup rate of Hispanic businesses is three times the national rate."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 12, 2014
Juan
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
stated on July 21, 2014 a press release
"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
SEIU
SEIU
stated on July 29, 2014 a Spanish-language radio ad
Says U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner "blocked immigration reform" and "voted to deport our DREAMers."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 4, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
The United States is at "historic record highs" of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as "Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on July 23, 2014 comments on his show
Because of the current immigration crisis, Republicans want to "repeal" a 2008 law that President George W. Bush signed and "want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ... sex trafficking."    
Mostly False
By Derek Tsang • July 31, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview on Fox News.
"We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 23, 2014 an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal"
"By some estimates, as few as 2 percent of the 50,000 (Central American) children who have crossed the border illegally this year have been sent home."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • July 28, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview of Gov. Rick Perry
Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014
Deirdre Imus
Deirdre Imus
stated on July 24, 2014 a broadcast on Fox Business of "Imus in the Morning"
Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants "were not pouring in like" they are now.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview with Glenn Beck
More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 23, 2014
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on July 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Lou Dobbs Tonight"
Obama’s 2012 policy on younger immigrants "created these children coming across" the border.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2014
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
stated on July 17, 2014 comments on Fox News
"Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 23, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 13, 2014 interviews
On immigration reform
No Flip
By Nancy Madsen • July 21, 2014
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on July 7, 2014 a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 8, 2014 comments on Fox News
"More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2014
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