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Dustin Inman Society
Dustin Inman Society
stated on April 15, 2013 a billboard advertisement
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says South Carolina "has a labor shortage and wants more immigration."
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • May 3, 2013
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 26, 2013 a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 5, 2013 an interview on CNN.
Says he has "yet to get a response" from Barack Obama to his August 2010 letter making border security requests.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview on C-SPAN.
Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2013 blog posts on the Internet
Proposed immigration legislation would give new immigrants "a taxpayer-funded cellular phone."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 14, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The immigration proposal from the Gang of Eight "is not amnesty."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 17, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 28, 2013 an email
College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 5, 2013 in his book 'Immigration Wars'
"Nearly 65 percent -- almost two-thirds -- of all new permanent residents obtained that status by virtue of their family status."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on March 5, 2013 a tweet
Says Jeb Bush "flip-flop-flip(ped) on immigration."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 8, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 13, 2013 an op-ed for the Daily Caller
"The president flagrantly defies the 2006 federal law ordering the construction of a secure border fence along the entire Mexican border."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 20, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 30, 2013 a blog post on RedState.com
"Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 30, 2013 a blog post on RedState.com
The United States does "not have a system through which growers and dairies can bring a workforce legally into the U.S."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address
Says his administration has made "progress" on border enforcement by "putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history and reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Zoe Lofgren
Zoe Lofgren
stated on February 5, 2013 a House hearing on immigration
"With the exception of slavery and the Chinese Exclusion Act, our laws have never barred persons from becoming citizens."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • February 8, 2013
Texas Federation of Republican Women
Texas Federation of Republican Women
stated on January 17, 2013 an approved resolution.
Says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 29, 2013 a radio interview
Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • January 31, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2013 an interview
The United States has "an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2013
ACLU Foundation of Georgia
ACLU Foundation of Georgia
stated on December 7, 2012 a press release
"In the last 15 years, we've witnessed a dramatic expansion in the jailing of immigrants, from about 70,000 people detained annually to about 400,000."
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 17, 2012
Juan Hernández
Juan Hernández
stated on November 8, 2012 a Dallas Morning News blog post
Says Texas passed a state ‘Dream Act’ before any other state.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • December 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says his administration put more border patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border than at "any time in history, and the flow of undocumented workers across the border is actually lower than it's been in 40 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
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