Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

Clear
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on July 19, 2011 in a commentary:
"The RI Board of Elections has heard official testimony from Providence residents who claim to have witnessed known illegal aliens voting in local elections."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 31, 2011
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story:
"If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy
stated on June 27, 2011 in a press release:
Georgia’s illegal-immigration legislation "simply follows existing federal law."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 18, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 30, 2011 in a debate:
"I sponsored and was the co-sponsor of the only legislation that ever passed that had E-Verify provisions in it back in 2010 when I served in the Legislature."   
False
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2011
Steve Case
Steve Case
stated on July 3, 2011 in an interview on CNN:
"Forty percent of the Fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 6, 2011
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release:
Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 1, 2011
Women On the Wall
Women On the Wall
stated on June 11, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.:
Says states that passed anti-illegal-immigrant legislation also had few Hispanic legislators.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 16, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a speech in El Paso:
"The (border) fence is now basically complete."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 16, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 in 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 in a speech in El Paso:
The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent.
True
By Robert Farley • May 11, 2011
Renee Unterman
Renee Unterman
stated on April 14, 2011 in 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 in a speech in El Paso:
"The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004."
True
By Robert Farley • May 10, 2011
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 9, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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
Previous Next