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Karen Bass stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Says Donald Trump promised "the mass deportation of Latino families."

By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016

Louie Gohmert stated on May 10, 2016 in House floor remarks:

"Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2016

Colorado's Voice stated on May 5, 2016 in a news release:

Says "Mike Coffman is with Trump."

By Alan Gathright • May 18, 2016

Bob Goodlatte stated on April 18, 2016 in a website post.:

"Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own."

By Warren Fiske • April 25, 2016

Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview on CNN:

Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016

Jennifer Granholm stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."

By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 25, 2015

Ryan Eller stated on August 31, 2015 in a CNN interview:

"Jesus was an undocumented immigrant."

By Joshua Gillin • September 3, 2015

Cory Booker stated on August 9, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week.":

"You’re more likely to get struck by lightning in Texas" than find in-person voter fraud.

By Christian Belanger • August 18, 2015

Jan Brewer stated on July 8, 2015 in comments on CNN:

"We know from ... the federal data, that they only stop or apprehend one out of four illegal people crossing our border."

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 14, 2015

Rick Perry stated on April 7, 2015 in an interview with the Texas Tribune:

On in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2015

Marco Rubio stated on February 27, 2015 in a speech at CPAC:

"There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure."

By Steve Contorno • March 5, 2015

John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did."

By Katie Sanders • March 1, 2015

Laura Ingraham stated on February 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":

Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background."

By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2015

Chuck Todd stated on December 7, 2014 in an interview of Greg Abbott, Texas governor-elect:

"There have been some estimates that if you deported everybody who is in Texas illegally," it "would create an economic recession for the state."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015

Bob Goodlatte stated on November 21, 2014 in a news release.:

"The President has decided to move forward with executive actions on immigration that he has said on numerous occasions that he didn’t have the constitutional power to take."

By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2014

Peter Morici stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal":

Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."

By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014

Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:

Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014

Nancy Pelosi stated on July 10, 2014 in a press conference:

The U.S. Supreme Court is "five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal."

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2014

Lamar Smith stated on September 21, 2013 in a flier mailed to constituents:

"In 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6.5 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border was under full control of the Border Patrol."

By Sue Owen • October 1, 2013

Bloggers stated on April 17, 2013 in blog posts on the Internet:

Proposed immigration legislation would give new immigrants "a taxpayer-funded cellular phone."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2013

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