Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Keith Ellison
stated on March 7, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says President Donald Trump's travel ban could ban Somalis "from getting relief (from famine) through coming to the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2017

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."

By Miriam Valverde • March 2, 2017

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."

By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2017 a Facebook post:

"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "

By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2017

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."

By Chris Nichols • February 3, 2017

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.

By Fauzeya Rahman • January 31, 2017

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."

By Cassie Owens • January 31, 2017

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."

By Linda Qiu • January 30, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 remarks at Department of Homeland Security:

Says ICE and border patrol officers "unanimously endorsed me for president."

By Miriam Valverde • January 26, 2017

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.

By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2017

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 28, 2016

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."

By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2016

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2016

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.

By Alan Gathright • November 4, 2016

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."

By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to have open borders."

By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2016

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."

By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • October 12, 2016

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."

By Will Doran • October 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate:

"ICE just endorsed me."

By Miriam Valverde • October 10, 2016

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2016

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