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Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on May 31, 2014 a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News
"Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 3, 2014 a speech.
U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • June 6, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 29, 2014 a campaign email.
Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat.
False
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 30, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 28, 2014 a campaign mailer
Senate immigration legislation is the "Obama-Reid plan to give illegal immigrants amnesty."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • May 28, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a TV ad
Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 Univision debate on immigration
Says Dan Patrick "proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 14, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 2, 2014 interviews and news releases
On in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • May 2, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 23, 2014 a news conference
40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
Half-True
April 29, 2014
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 a debate over immigration issues with state Sen. Dan Patrick
Up "to 45 percent" of illegal immigrants "are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. They are visa overstayers."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on April 11, 2014 a flier
"When you get a commercial pilot’s license, you learn to communicate in English no matter where you are in the world."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2014
Robert Sarvis
Robert Sarvis
stated on March 31, 2014 a tweet.
"Did you know US population growth is at its lowest since the Great Depression?"
True
By Nancy Madsen • April 21, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 10, 2014 an email
"In 2006, Charlie Crist opposed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2014
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on March 30, 2014 a news story
Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2014
Janet Murguía
Janet Murguía
stated on March 9, 2014 an interview on Univision's 'Al Punto'
"We’re at the point of reaching 2 million deportations ... this is a historic level, more than any other president of the United States."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • March 17, 2014
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on January 31, 2014 a campaign email blast
John Cornyn "voted twice in 2013 to back Obama’s amnesty plan."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 13, 2014 a campaign email blast
"Savings that I achieved" helped fund cameras on the border. "As a result, more than 21,500 arrests have been made and 46 tons of narcotics confiscated."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • February 6, 2014
Democratic Hispanic Caucus, Miami-Dade Chapter
Democratic Hispanic Caucus, Miami-Dade Chapter
stated on January 16, 2014
In 2011, Carlos López-Cantera "staunchly supported" a Florida bill modeled after Arizona’s immigration law
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 21, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2014 a Facebook post
A judge's order means there's a "Constitution exemption zone" if you live "within 100 miles of the United States border."
False
By Julie Kliegman • January 13, 2014
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on December 5, 2013 a broadcast of the "Daily Show"
"The most popular name is no longer John or Steven. It's Jose, Camilo and Maria."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on December 4, 2013 a broadcast of MSNBC's Politics Nation
The "priorities" of more than three-quarters of Americans are to increase the minimum wage, create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and require background checks for gun buyers.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2013
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