Latest Fact Checks By Miriam Valverde

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Young immigrants

Tucker Carlson claims more immigrants now in the United States than any other time. Is that true?

February 13, 2018
"There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time."
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Do 25 percent of rural Georgia residents lack high-speed internet?

February 12, 2018
In Georgia, "25 percent of rural residents" are "without access to high speed internet."
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Immigration, MS-13 and crime: the facts behind Donald Trump’s exaggerations

February 7, 2018
Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."
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Stacey Evans

Does Georgia have the lowest minimum wage in the country?

February 5, 2018
Georgia "has the lowest minimum wage in the country."
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Donald Trump’s misleading claim about chain migration, unlimited sponsorship of distant relatives

January 31, 2018
"A single immigrant can bring in unlimited numbers of distant relatives."
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Donald Trump leaves out the facts in claim about visa lottery

January 31, 2018
The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people."
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U.S.-Mexico border fence

Did Senate pass immigration bills in 2006, 2013 and House failed to vote on them?

January 26, 2018
"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."
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trump bipartisan immigration meeting

Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims about chain migration, NYC terror suspect

January 24, 2018
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.
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Do immigrants cost U.S. taxpayers $300 billion annually?

January 23, 2018
"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."  
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Dream Act letters protest Miami

Did Democrats vote to deport Dreamers?

January 9, 2018
Democratic lawmakers who voted in favor of short-term spending bills "just voted to deport Dreamers."
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Trump at FBI graduation ceremony

Pick them from a bin? Donald Trump mischaracterizes diversity visa lottery

December 20, 2017
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"…
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doug jones election night with supporters

Fake news spreads about Doug Jones and votes in fictional town “Bordalama”

December 15, 2017
"UPDATE: ‘Thousands’ voted for Doug Jones in Alabama town with population of 2,256"
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