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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 6, 2010 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
June 30, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on June 25, 2010 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 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
June 29, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 27, 2010 comments on 'Meet the Press'
"Phoenix, Arizona, is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world."
False
June 28, 2010
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on June 22, 2010 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
Jeff Chapman
Jeff Chapman
stated on June 17, 2010 Jekyll Island gubernatorial debate
Georgia has "more illegal aliens than the state of Arizona."
True
By Jim Tharpe • June 25, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 16, 2010 a press release
Bill McCollum "served as a lobbyist whose clients enabled mortgages for illegal immigrants."
False
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on June 15, 2010 a press release
Rick Scott "has heavily invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 21, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 11, 2010 a speech
"Phoenix, Arizona, I'm told, is now the No. 2 kidnapping capital in the world, right behind Mexico City."
False
June 18, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 3, 2010 a CBS4 interview
"If you read the Arizona (immigration) law, what it says is if you are stopped for violating the law and they have a suspicion that you're illegal, they can ask you if you're legal."
Half-True
June 17, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 30, 2010 a press releaase
While in Congress, Nathan Deal was a leader when it came to protecting our borders.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 11, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 9, 2010 a chain e-mail
"In 20 years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president by themselves."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2010
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