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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 16, 2011 a radio interview
A "substantial number" of probationers participating in a pilot project to ease the farm labor shortage are able to "finish the work."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 27, 2011
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on June 2, 2011 Interview
Workers who pick produce in Georgia’s fields can make $12 to $18 an hour.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 7, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
"We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 3, 2011
Anti-Defamation League
Anti-Defamation League
stated on April 15, 2011 a news release
It is estimated that Arizona "has lost more than $100 million in hospitality industry revenues since passage of the Arizona immigration laws."  
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 31, 2011
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2011 a radio interview.
Says Gov. Rick Perry has been "begging" for the federal government to send the Coast Guard to patrol two lakes on the U.S.-Mexico border.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
"The (border) fence is now basically complete."
Mostly False
May 16, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.
Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent.
True
May 11, 2011
Renee Unterman
Renee Unterman
stated on April 14, 2011 a speech
"Gwinnett Medical Center is operating in the negative," in part, because of illegal immigrants.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
"The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004."
True
May 10, 2011
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 9, 2011 a press release.
The "six largest cities in Ohio all have higher rates of violence and crime than every major city along the U.S.-Mexico border."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2011
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on May 3, 2011 comments on the Senate floor
Says that had E-Verify been in place in Florida when 9/11 terrorists lived here, "we might have saved the lives of 3,000 Americans." 
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • May 3, 2011
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on April 29, 2011 comments to the 'St. Petersburg Times' and 'Miami Herald'
Says using E-Verify is "a fair amount of cost," about $20 per person that does not match.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2011 an interview
Says "we have now more Border Patrol officers … than we’ve had at any time in our history."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2011
Michael Denbrow
Michael Denbrow
stated on April 4, 2011 a website posting
Undocumented students who qualify for in-state Oregon tuition are "actively working toward U.S. citizenship."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 9, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 9, 2011 a hearing
Says that during the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the U.S. detained people from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism on the southwestern border.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 1, 2011
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials
stated on March 2, 2011 an email newsletter
Georgia legislation on immigration is a "copycat" of an Arizona immigration bill.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 2, 2011 an interview.
Says neither President Barack Obama nor Mexico President Felipe Calderon "have been on the border to see what's happening to the citizens of Mexico, and for that matter the citizens of Texas."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2011
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on February 15, 2011 a committee hearing
An illegal immigrant who gains admission at a public college takes class space away from students who are legal residents.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2011
David Raynor
David Raynor
stated on February 8, 2011 a state legislative committee meeting
A federal system that verifies employees are authorized to work in the U.S. is inaccurate "anywhere from 50 percent all the way up to in excess of 80" percent of the time.  
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 23, 2011
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