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Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on August 29, 2014 a press release:
"Our men and women of the Guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 19, 2014
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 a phone conference:
"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 21, 2014 an interview with Laura Ingraham:
More people are apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a week "than are born in Texas each week."
True
By Philip Jankowski • September 12, 2014
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 3, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Mark Pryor voted "to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 21, 2014 a news story:
At "least a quarter of those apprehended" at the border "have criminal records."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2014
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
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