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Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on June 29, 2013 an interview with CNN
Says under the Senate immigration bill, newly legalized immigrants will "pay every tax possible, but you don’t get a single benefit" for 10 years.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 20, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"President Obama has the most border patrols and border security deployed at the border of any previous president."
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By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 14, 2013 a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference
"Immigrants are more fertile."
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By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2013
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on May 24, 2013 a Fox News interview
In Miami-Dade County, "we spend at our school system over $20 million every year" educating recent immigrants.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2013
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on May 5, 2013 a web interview with ABC News
Among Hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2013
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on February 14, 2013 a Senate hearing
South Carolina has a labor shortage, specifically in the meatpacking industry.
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By Janel Davis • May 3, 2013
Zoe Lofgren
Zoe Lofgren
stated on February 5, 2013 a House hearing on immigration
"With the exception of slavery and the Chinese Exclusion Act, our laws have never barred persons from becoming citizens."
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By Molly Moorhead • February 8, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2013 an interview
The United States has "an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill."
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By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2013
Juan Hernández
Juan Hernández
stated on November 8, 2012 a Dallas Morning News blog post
Says Texas passed a state ‘Dream Act’ before any other state.
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By Sue Owen • December 12, 2012
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
stated on August 24, 2012 a campaign commercial
Aaron Bean voted to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition.
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By Katie Sanders • August 9, 2012
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 23, 2012 a Republican U.S. Senate debate in Houston
Says David Dewhurst "explicitly advocated" a guest worker program for all illegal immigrants.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • July 26, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 26, 2012 an interview
Says President Barack Obama promised a "pathway to citizenship" to undocumented immigrants and "didn't deliver jack squat on any of it."
Mostly True
July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 22, 2012 a speech in Orlando
The DREAM Act "was written by members of both parties. When it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, Republicans in Congress blocked it. The bill hadn’t changed. ... The only thing that had changed was politics."
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By Molly Moorhead • June 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 25, 2012 a Spanish-language radio ad
Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 23, 2011 a press conference
Newt Gingrich’s immigration plan offers "a new doorway to amnesty."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2011
D.A. King
D.A. King
stated on October 11, 2011 an op-ed
Says Rick Perry "proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2011
Libertarian National Committee
Libertarian National Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 a video posted on its website
Says Rick Perry "supported a guest worker program to help people who would otherwise be illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 10, 2011
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
stated on September 28, 2011 an opinion column.
"Every month, another 50,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a house party in New Hampshire
Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history."
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • September 2, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.
Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2011
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