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Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 25, 2016 in an interview on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":
"There are fewer people crossing (the southwest) border than in the last 30 years."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in in a speech at the Republican convention:
"Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in In a speech at the Republican convention:
"The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • July 22, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
Says "Hillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Miriam Valverde • July 21, 2016
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
"There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year."
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 19, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on July 3, 2016 in an interview on CNN:
"(Mexican immigrants) are more law-abiding than U.S. citizens and that is a statistic."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • July 14, 2016
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