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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 in the CNN Republican presidential debate.:
Says Rick Perry wrote a newspaper item saying he was "open to amnesty" for illegal immigrants in the United States.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 21, 2011 in a biography on his U.S. Senate website:
Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba.
False
By Becky Bowers • October 21, 2011
Phil Kent
Phil Kent
stated on October 4, 2011 in a speech before the North Fulton and Friends Tea Party:
The newly created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board "can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 21, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ...  who've been allowed to stay in this country."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
"I don't think I've ever hired an illegal in my life."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
Between 2000 and 2010, the illegal immigrant population of Texas increased by 60 percent, while California and Florida had "no increase."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
David Quiroa
David Quiroa
stated on October 3, 2011 in a news release:
"Under Governor Almond the RI DMV had a program that allowed undocumented [people to] use their Personal Tax Identification Number . . . to apply [for] and receive a RI driver’s license."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 16, 2011
Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez
stated on September 9, 2011 in a press release.:
Says El Paso was named America’s "Safest Large City" a year after San Antonio, Houston and Dallas had the nation’s highest crime rates.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 11, 2011
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on October 2, 2011 in a TV interview:
"The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..."
False
By Lynn Arditi • October 11, 2011
Libertarian National Committee
Libertarian National Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 in a video posted on its website:
Says Rick Perry "supported a guest worker program to help people who would otherwise be illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 10, 2011
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
stated on September 28, 2011 in an opinion column.:
"Every month, another 50,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
Says that in 2001, Rick Perry spoke favorably of binational health insurance between Mexico and Texas.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 4, 2011
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on September 21, 2011 in a TV interview:
"[Federal] law says that you can't give in-state tuition to an illegal alien … unless you first offer it to any other student regardless of their state of residence."
Mostly False
By Lynn Arditi • October 2, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview:
Says only four Texas legislators voted against a law giving in-state tuition rates to certain illegal immigrants.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando:
"The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 1, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:
Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants."
True
By Sue Owen • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire:
Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history."
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • September 2, 2011
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 12, 2011 in a legislative proposal.:
On applying prosecutorial discretion to immigration cases.
Full Flop
By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2011
Alison Littell McHose
Alison Littell McHose
stated on June 30, 2011 in a news release:
"Illegal immigration costs state taxpayers over $3 billion every year."  
False
By Caryn Shinske • August 7, 2011
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