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Latest Fact-Checks In Immigration

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Pat McCrory
stated on October 11, 2016 in a North Carolina governor's race debate:
Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and “the FBI is not even being told where they are.”
Mostly False
By Will Doran • October 12, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 in the second presidential debate:
“ICE just endorsed me.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 10, 2016
Pete Gallego
stated on October 4, 2016 in a TV ad pointed out to PolitiFact Texas:
Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall “absolutely makes sense.”
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech:
Says “Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget.”
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:
“Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 1, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2016 in an interview on Fox News:
“They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in ’06. And they couldn’t get environmental impact statements.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 29, 2016
Lamar Smith
stated on July 19, 2016 in remarks to the Texas delegation to the Republican National Convention:
“One third of all federal prisoners today are illegal immigrants.”
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 25, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants “collecting Social Security benefits.”
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2016
Lisa Boothe
stated on July 26, 2016 in an interview on Fox:
“One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 15, 2016
Carlos Beruff
stated on August 6, 2016 in a Facebook post:
“The director of the FBI said that we cannot properly vet people coming from the Middle East.”
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 12, 2016
Bill de Blasio
stated on June 23, 2016 in a press conference at New York City Hall.:
Says “220,000 New Yorkers would have immediately benefitted had President Obama’s executive action been affirmed. So almost a quarter million of our fellow New Yorkers who are hurting right now whose rights and opportunities were taken away by the Supreme Court.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • July 13, 2016
Carlos Beruff
stated on July 5, 2016 in a statement to press:
“Rather than work to secure the border, (Marco Rubio) supported Obama’s amnesty plan for illegal immigrants.”  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2016
Colorado's Voice
stated on May 5, 2016 in a news release:
Says “Mike Coffman is with Trump.”  
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • May 18, 2016
Pat Buchanan
stated on May 5, 2016 in an NPR interview:
“Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 17, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2016 in an interview with NBC News:
Germany “is crime-riddled right now” because of migration to Europe.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2016 in a radio ad in spanish:
“She is the only candidate who has stood by our community and immigration reform from the beginning.”  
Mostly False
By Jacqueline Tempera • April 24, 2016
Don Beyer
stated on April 12, 2016 in a radio interview.:
“But for immigrants, we would have a contracting population…”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 18, 2016
Jan Brewer
stated on March 28, 2016 in an interview with Fox Business :
“Senate Bill 1070, simply, just mirrors federal law.”
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • April 13, 2016
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on March 17, 2016 in a campaign press release:
Congressman Jeff Denham “has agreed all illegal immigrants should be detained, arrested and deported.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 in remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston:
“Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars” because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants.
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • March 4, 2016
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