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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech before a joint session of Congress
"According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 2, 2017
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on February 12, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"I'm calling into question the accuracy of the ruling. The district judge in Seattle said there was no indication of terrorism from these seven countries in our country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2017 a Facebook post
"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2017
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on January 31, 2017 an interview
Refugee "vetting was very haphazard," under the Obama Administration. "In many cases, we simply accepted the word of applicants."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 3, 2017
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 22, 2016 a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
Says the Department of Homeland Security didn't request any hours of aerial surveillance for the U.S.-Mexico border from the Department of Defense for 2017.
Mostly False
By Fauzeya Rahman • January 31, 2017
Joe DeFelice
Joe DeFelice
stated on January 25, 2017
"From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities."
Mostly False
By Cassie Owens • January 31, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 29, 2017 a statement
"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 remarks at Department of Homeland Security
Says ICE and border patrol officers "unanimously endorsed me for president."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • January 26, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 23, 2016 an interview
"We don't get any of that information" from the federal government on who refugees are, where they come from and how long they are likely to stay.
Mostly False
January 6, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 15, 2016 an interview with KEYE TV
"Our university campuses by federal law do not check the immigration status of their students just as our public schools don’t."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 28, 2016
Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera
stated on December 12, 2016 an interview on Fox News' Hannity
Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2016
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on November 16, 2016 an interview with McClatchy's Washington bureau
"NAFTA allows a lot of trucks from Mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2016
Morgan Carroll
Morgan Carroll
stated on October 20, 2016 a news release
Says Mike Coffman said two different things: "stop the deportations" in a Spanish-language debate and "you're going to be deported" in an English-language TV interview.  
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • November 4, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2016 a radio ad
Says Russ Feingold "voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."  
Mostly False
November 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to have open borders."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Ambridge, Pa.
Says "I’ve been proven right" about "Hillary Clinton's radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the United States without any limit at all."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • October 12, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on October 11, 2016 a North Carolina governor's race debate
Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • October 12, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"ICE just endorsed me."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 10, 2016
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on October 4, 2016 a TV ad pointed out to PolitiFact Texas
Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech
Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016
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