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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech in Arizona
"Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2016 an interview on Fox News
"They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 29, 2016
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 19, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation to the Republican National Convention
"One third of all federal prisoners today are illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2016
Lisa Boothe
Lisa Boothe
stated on July 26, 2016 an interview on Fox
"One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 15, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on August 6, 2016 a Facebook post
"The director of the FBI said that we cannot properly vet people coming from the Middle East."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 12, 2016
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on June 23, 2016 a press conference at New York City Hall.
Says "220,000 New Yorkers would have immediately benefitted had President Obama’s executive action been affirmed. So almost a quarter million of our fellow New Yorkers who are hurting right now whose rights and opportunities were taken away by the Supreme Court."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • July 13, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on July 5, 2016 a statement to press
"Rather than work to secure the border, (Marco Rubio) supported Obama’s amnesty plan for illegal immigrants."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2016
Colorado's Voice
Colorado's Voice
stated on May 5, 2016 a news release
Says "Mike Coffman is with Trump."  
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • May 18, 2016
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
stated on May 5, 2016 an NPR interview
"Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with NBC News
Germany "is crime-riddled right now" because of migration to Europe.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2016 a radio ad in spanish
"She is the only candidate who has stood by our community and immigration reform from the beginning."  
Mostly False
By Jacqueline Tempera • April 24, 2016
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on April 12, 2016 a radio interview.
"But for immigrants, we would have a contracting population..."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 18, 2016
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on March 28, 2016 an interview with Fox Business
"Senate Bill 1070, simply, just mirrors federal law."
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • April 13, 2016
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on March 17, 2016 a campaign press release
Congressman Jeff Denham "has agreed all illegal immigrants should be detained, arrested and deported."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston
"Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants.
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • March 4, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 6, 2016 an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire
"The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 15, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 8, 2015 a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz
Says President Barack Obama "himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 the CNN debate in Las Vegas
Says Ted Cruz supports "legalizing people who are in this country illegally."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015
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