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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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David Perdue
stated on December 7, 2020 in an interview:
Says Jon Ossoff “wants total, blanket amnesty and he wants a total lockdown.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech:
“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2020
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2020 in a debate:
“I have been very clear with DACA. Even in my campaign six years ago I stood for those Dreamers.”
Half-True
By Madison Black • October 29, 2020
Viral image
stated on October 23, 2020 in an image on Facebook:
A photo shows Barack Obama in front of “cages” built during his administration to hold migrants.
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • October 26, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2020 in an image:
Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.
False
By Daniel Funke • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on May 30, 2020 in a post:
“Federal law requires people to speak English to be naturalized as American citizens.”
Mostly True
By Ilana Strauss • October 19, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:
Changes to DACA during his administration are “because of the pandemic.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 16, 2020
Mark Kelly
stated on October 6, 2020 in a debate:
Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 14, 2020
John Cornyn
stated on September 12, 2020 in an advertisement:
Says he “strongly supports legalization for Dreamers.”
Half-True
By Brandon Mulder • October 3, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 24, 2020
Viral image
stated on June 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photos show children in cages.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 23, 2020
NumbersUSA
stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2020
Lucy McBath
stated on September 9, 2020 in an ad:
Says Karen Handel voted with Donald Trump, “gutting health care for millions, supporting horrific child separation policies” and for “abortion bans.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2020
Viral image
stated on September 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 9, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC:
Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 28, 2020
Robert Ortt
stated on July 20, 2020 in a news release:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”
Mostly False
By John Pullano • August 20, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ:
Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you’ve had to seek asylum in a third country.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 12, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on July 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“California has six extra” congressional representatives “because illegals are counted” in the census.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media:
Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech:
Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don’t get what they’re looking to give illegal immigrants.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 17, 2020
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