Fact Check Posts – Page 9

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech in Arizona:

"Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year."

By Miriam Valverde • September 1, 2016

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."

By Miriam Valverde • August 29, 2016

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2016

Lisa Boothe
stated on July 26, 2016 an interview on Fox:

"One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant."

By Miriam Valverde • August 15, 2016

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."

By Joshua Gillin • August 12, 2016

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."

By Dan Clark • July 13, 2016

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."

By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2016

Colorado's Voice
stated on May 5, 2016 a news release:

Says "Mike Coffman is with Trump."

By Alan Gathright • May 18, 2016

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."

By Chris Nichols • May 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with NBC News:

Germany "is crime-riddled right now" because of migration to Europe.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2016

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."

By Jacqueline Tempera • April 24, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on April 12, 2016 a radio interview.:

"But for immigrants, we would have a contracting population..."

By Warren Fiske • April 18, 2016

Jan Brewer
stated on March 28, 2016 an interview with Fox Business :

"Senate Bill 1070, simply, just mirrors federal law."

By Anthony Cave • April 13, 2016

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."

By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2016

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.

By Anthony Cave • March 4, 2016

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."

By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2016

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.

By Joshua Gillin • January 15, 2016

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2015

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