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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 3, 2018 a press conference
"We’ve started building the wall."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 4, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2018 a tweet
Mexico has "very strong border laws -- ours are pathetic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2018
Onward Ohio
Onward Ohio
stated on March 20, 2018 a TV ad
"In the Senate, (Mike) DeWine voted with Hillary Clinton to let illegal immigrants receive Social Security. And in Ohio, DeWine allowed illegal immigrants to receive driver's licenses."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on March 7, 2018 a speech in Sacramento
"California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • March 7, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 31, 2018 State of the Union address
"A single immigrant can bring in unlimited numbers of distant relatives."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 18, 2018 a tweet
Mexico is "now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • January 24, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2018 a press conference with congressional leaders
When President Barack Obama "signed the executive order (on DACA, he) actually said he doesn't have the right to do this."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet
Says the diversity visa lottery program is "a Chuck Schumer beauty."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a document
"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 11, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 17, 2017 an NBC interview
"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 14, 2017 an attack ad
Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on September 5, 2017 remarks at the Justice Department
Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 12, 2017 a speech
"According to a recent study from the University of California Riverside, (sanctuary) cities with these policies have more violent crime on average than those that don’t."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 24, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on July 22, 2017 Fox News interview
Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media.
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 23, 2017
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on June 16, 2017 a press release
Says Barack Obama "acknowledged over 20 times" that his administration’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans "immigration edict was a violation of law and the separation of powers."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 17, 2017 a tweet
Says Jon Ossoff wants to "allow illegal immigration."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 17, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on March 27, 2017 a press briefing
"Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 30, 2017
Brendan Reilly
Brendan Reilly
stated on February 24, 2017 on Twitter
Said Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump have both described deportations as "a military operation."     
Mostly False
By Marc Filippino • March 23, 2017
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on March 7, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Says President Donald Trump's travel ban could ban Somalis "from getting relief (from famine) through coming to the United States."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2017
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