Latest Fact-Checks By Miriam Valverde

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 31, 2018 in State of the Union address:
"A single immigrant can bring in unlimited numbers of distant relatives."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address:
The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 31, 2018
Ronald Brownstein
Ronald Brownstein
stated on January 23, 2018 in a CNN interview:
"They found 60 votes in the Senate in 2006 and 2013" for immigration legislation, and "each time the House Republican majority refused to take it up."
True
By Miriam Valverde • January 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2018 in a Cabinet meeting:
Says "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack.
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 24, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 in White House graphic:
"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • January 23, 2018
Credo Action
Credo Action
stated on December 21, 2017 in a tweet:
Democratic lawmakers who voted in favor of short-term spending bills "just voted to deport Dreamers."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 9, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 in a speech:
Says of the diversity visa lottery program, "they give us their worst people, they put them in a bin," and "the worst of the worst" are selected. 
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • December 20, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 13, 2017 in a blog post:
"UPDATE: ‘Thousands’ voted for Doug Jones in Alabama town with population of 2,256"
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2017
Scott Perry
Scott Perry
stated on November 30, 2017 in a House committee hearing:
Says the Obama administration purged "training courses and information about Islamism, jihad, Sharia, and the Muslim Brotherhood."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 4, 2017 in remarks to reporters:
"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2017
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on November 9, 2017 in a Fox News post:
"When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 17, 2017
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on November 1, 2017 in a tweet:
"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 13, 2017
Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano
stated on November 5, 2017 in a tweet:
"There are no background checks on long guns (AR15s) in Texas."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • November 6, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on November 1, 2017 in a tweet:
The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 6, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on November 1, 2017 in a White House press briefing:
Says diversity visa immigrants are not vetted.
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2017 in a tweet:
Says the diversity visa lottery program is "a Chuck Schumer beauty."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2017
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement:
Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 31, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on October 12, 2017 in a speech:
In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2017
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on October 9, 2017 in a WSB-TV interview:
A Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 in a document:
"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 11, 2017
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