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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 a policy plan on immigration.
"The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 18, 2015
Hans von Spakovsky
Hans von Spakovsky
stated on July 9, 2015 an article on the Heritage Foundation website
"134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 16, 2015
Harris Faulkner
Harris Faulkner
stated on July 6, 2015 a broadcast of "Outnumbered" on Fox News
"President Obama in November of last year wiped away (a program) that allows for shared fingerprinting for those who are behind bars so you know who is here legally and illegally."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2015
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on December 7, 2014 an interview of Greg Abbott, Texas governor-elect
"There have been some estimates that if you deported everybody who is in Texas illegally," it "would create an economic recession for the state."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2014 a statement of policy from the Executive Office of the President
A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • December 16, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 a speech
Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 a speech announcing new immigration actions
"The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Jose Diaz-Balart
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on November 9, 2014 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 a CNN debate
Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a Telemundo debate
Says a bill he vetoed to give driver licenses to certain immigrants known as Dreamers would have changed "nothing."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV ad
Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2014
LIBRE Initiative
LIBRE Initiative
stated on August 10, 2014 a Facebook post
"The startup rate of Hispanic businesses is three times the national rate."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 12, 2014
Juan
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
stated on July 21, 2014 a press release
"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview of Gov. Rick Perry
Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
stated on July 17, 2014 comments on Fox News
"Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 23, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on July 13, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"In New York, your chances of getting murdered are 1 in 25,000. In Honduras, it’s 1 in 14."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 16, 2014
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 13, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2014
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press"
The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2014
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