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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 18, 2008 a video ad.
Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration.
Pants on Fire!
September 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 14, 2008 a speech in San Diego
Obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • July 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 8, 2008 a speech in Washington, D.C.
"McCain used to buck his party on immigration by fighting for comprehensive reform. . . . But when he was running for his party's nomination, he . . . said that he wouldn't even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • July 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"The fact is it's not amnesty."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Ryan Kelly • January 15, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty."
Pants on Fire!
By Adriel Bettelheim, Ryan Kelly • January 6, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"Ronald Reagan did amnesty."
True
By Michael Van Sickler • January 6, 2008
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on October 9, 2007 Detroit
"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."
Mostly False
By David DeCamp • December 11, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 10, 2007 a TV ad
Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 11, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 26, 2007 a TV ad
Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 5, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 5, 2007 an interview
Huckabee supported "a tuition break to the children of illegals that are here illegally when citizens are having to pay a higher rate."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 5, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 28, 2007 a debate in St. Petersburg
Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 29, 2007
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on November 20, 2007 Fox News interview
"I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper."
False
November 29, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Romney failed to take action against "sanctuary cities" in Massachusetts.
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • November 28, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla.
"The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' "
True
By Bill Adair • November 28, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.
"No, I did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion)."
Mostly False
By Michael Van Sickler • November 28, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas
"Right now, an employer has more of a chance of getting hit by lightning than be prosecuted for hiring an undocumented worker. That has to change."
False
By David DeCamp • November 16, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on October 5, 2007 an interview on CNN.
"Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico."
Half-True
By Tom Tobin • October 23, 2007
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on September 10, 2007
In 2006, Arizona had four ballot issues that were "very tough on illegal immigration... Forty-seven percent of the Hispanics in Arizona voted for them."
Mostly False
October 16, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 14, 2007 a campaign event carried on CNN.
"Mayor Giuliani made New York City what's known as a 'sanctuary city,' where illegal aliens were allowed to come. And he instructed the leaders of the city not to enforce the law, not to enforce immigration law."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • September 24, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 3, 2007 New Hampshire.
English "is our national language...if it becomes official, that means in a place like New York City you can't print ballots in any other language."
False
By David DeCamp • September 11, 2007
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