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Preston Smith
Preston Smith
stated on July 28, 2010 in 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 in 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
Tom Ganley
Tom Ganley
stated on July 6, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 24, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona."
Mostly False
By Alex Holt • July 23, 2010
Russell Pearce
Russell Pearce
stated on July 7, 2010 in a CNN interview:
"Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law
Pants on Fire!
By Lukas Pleva • July 21, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on July 9, 2010 in a comment on The Helen Glover Show:
Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on July 15, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Rick Scott's company is partners with Playboy in a social networking website that has community pages specifically geared towards gay dating."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 19, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 6, 2010 in a TV campaign commercial:
"Illegal aliens are costing Georgia taxpayers over a billion dollars every year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 16, 2010
Helen Glover
Helen Glover
stated on July 9, 2010 in a comment on her talk show:
Phoenix is the kidnapping capital "of the Western Hemisphere."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2010
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
"Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on July 1, 2010 in a Fox News interview with Greta Van Susteren:
"Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports" the state's new immigration law.
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • July 8, 2010
Al Hunt
Al Hunt
stated on July 4, 2010 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week.":
"Crime is down in Arizona."
True
By Alex Holt • July 7, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":
As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 7, 2010
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
"President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 6, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 1, 2010 in a speech:
"Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 2, 2010
Ritch Workman
Ritch Workman
stated on June 6, 2010 in a 'Florida Today' opinion page article published:
"In Florida alone, more than $3.5 billion a year is spent on health care and criminal justice for illegal immigrants."
False
By Cristina Silva • June 30, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on June 25, 2010 in a television interview:
"The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 in a U.S. Senate Democratic primary debate:
"We have that program where immigrants come here and they have to bring a million dollars in order to get a green card if they’re going to create jobs."
Mostly False
By Cristina Silva • June 29, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 27, 2010 in comments on 'Meet the Press':
"Phoenix, Arizona, is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2010
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on June 22, 2010 in a posting on his website:
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration "because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010
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