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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez
stated on August 31, 2010 a campaign ad:
The Richardson-Denish administration "gave" 50,000 driver's licenses to illegal immigrants in New Mexico.
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • September 9, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on June 25, 2010 a TV interview:
"Our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert, either buried or just lying out there, that have been beheaded."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • September 8, 2010
Daniel Mielke
Daniel Mielke
stated on September 7, 2010 a statement on campaign web site:
"Close to 30% of our federal prison population consists of  illegal immigrants."
False
By Cary Spivak • September 8, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 27, 2010 a border stop.:
On hearings about automatic citizenship provision in U.S. Constitution.
Half Flip
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 23, 2010 his Senate re-election campaign effort. :
On birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.  
Full Flop
By Lukas Pleva • August 25, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 a television interview:
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech:
Says Barack Obama didn't keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 21, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 2, 2010 in a Univision debate in Miami.:
"We have over 700,000 illegal immigrants in the state. They're costing us billions of dollars and they're taking legal residents' jobs."
Half-True
By Cristina Silva • August 18, 2010
Courtney Combs
Courtney Combs
stated on July 16, 2010 an appearance at the Cleveland City Club:
"Phoenix, Ariz., is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world."  
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Marshall • August 16, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 1, 2010 a floor speech:
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 15, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 2, 2010 "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse."
True
By Alex Holt • August 12, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 29, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"The border security plan of Sens. McCain and Kyl called for 3,000 additional troops to keep us safe. President Obama says he'll send 524."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 11, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on August 5, 2010 a TV ad against John McCain:
McCain opposed the border fence.
False
By Lukas Pleva • August 11, 2010
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 9, 2010 a conference call with reporters.:
Says the United States is the only nation that affords citizenship to anyone born here, "whether you are here legally or illegally."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 10, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on August 5, 2010 televised candidates' debate:
"Police officers in this state have that right," to check the immigration status of people they arrest.
True
By Lukas Pleva • August 9, 2010
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on July 28, 2010 an interview with Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren":
"People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called 'drop and leave."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 1, 2010 an interview on "Meet the Press.":
"Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs.  We set aside 6 percent."
False
By Erin Mershon • August 5, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 28, 2010 an interview:
Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 5, 2010
Preston Smith
Preston Smith
stated on July 28, 2010 a news release:
"We have my opponent Sam Olens to thank for [the Arizona immigration ruling] since he was on the team that got Clinton elected."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • August 2, 2010
John King
John King
stated on July 13, 2010 a question to San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro:
"Sometime in the next decade, there will be more Latinos in the state of Texas than there are Anglos. That will happen sometime in the next five to eight to ten years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2010
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