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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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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
By Cristina Silva • 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
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 9, 2010 a chain e-mail:
Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on May 27, 2010 commentary on his television show:
"Sixty-four percent of Americans support the Arizona immigration law.''
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • June 3, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on May 20, 2010 an interview with the Fox News Network:
Mexican government officials "hand out brochures showing individuals how they can avoid our Border Patrol, how they can get into our country."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 30, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2010 on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says the Arizona immigration law "expressly bans racial profiling."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 29, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on May 16, 2010 interviews with Florida media.:
Bill McCollum on the Arizona immigration law.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 12, 2010 an interview:
"You’ve got almost twice as many cops in New York City as you do on our entire border. That’s nuts."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 6, 2010 comments to the conservative website Human Events.:
On the Arizona immigration law.
Half Flip
By Aaron Sharockman • May 12, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on April 30, 2010 a press release:
Says Gov. Rick Perry failed "to involve border sheriffs in developing plans to prevent violence in their communities."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 10, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on April 28, 2010 an interview on the Fox Business Network:
"Up until two weeks ago, John McCain was a leading proponent of amnesty. Now with me challenging him, suddenly he has changed."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • May 5, 2010
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on May 2, 2010 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press' :
"This administration and this Congress have been systematically cutting funding to border security since the Democrats took control."
False
By Robert Farley • May 5, 2010
Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema
stated on April 30, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann':
Under the Arizona immigration law, police are required to check immigration status if someone's "lawn is overgrown" or if a dog is "barking too loudly."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on April 30, 2010 a news release:
Late changes to the Arizona immigration law "lay to rest questions over the possibility of racial profiling."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2010
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 2, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
Numbers on illegal immigrants "are down in terms of apprehensions, which indicates fewer illegal crossings, but also up in terms of actual enforcement actions."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 3, 2010
Tim James
Tim James
stated on April 26, 2010 a press release:
Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English."
False
By Robert Farley • April 29, 2010
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