Latest Fact-checks by Miriam Valverde Jeff Flake stated on April 27, 2017 in a tweet: "Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion." Jeff Sessions stated on April 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans." Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet: The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%." Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2017 in an interview with the Associated Press: Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years." Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet: "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" Donald Trump stated on April 17, 2017 in a tweet: Says Jon Ossoff wants to "allow illegal immigration." Mike Rogers stated on March 30, 2017 in a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances." Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2017 in weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border." John Conyers, Jr. stated on March 28, 2017 in a subcommittee hearing: "Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century." Jeff Sessions stated on March 27, 2017 in a press briefing: "Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law." Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in a rally in Kentucky: "Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent." Patrick Leahy stated on March 8, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed." Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2017 in his first Cabinet meeting: "In the first full month of my administration following the issuance of my executive orders, illegal immigration on our southern border fell by an unprecedented 40 percent." Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech before a joint session of Congress: "According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country." Robert Menendez stated on February 13, 2017 in a tweet: Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens." Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2017 in a press conference: "The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world." Tom Cotton stated on February 7, 2017 in a Fox News interview: Of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs." Ron Johnson stated on February 3, 2017 in a CNN interview: Israel cut its illegal immigration rate by "99 percent" by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border. Seth Moulton stated on January 31, 2017 in a CNN interview: "ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more terrorists to their side." Keith Ellison stated on January 29, 2017 in a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview: "About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old." Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet: "The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia." Jerrold Nadler stated on January 28, 2017 in a CNN interview: "The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order." Donald Trump stated on January 25, 2017 in remarks at Department of Homeland Security: Says ICE and border patrol officers "unanimously endorsed me for president." Luke Messer stated on January 5, 2017 in a CNN story: "By funding the authorization that’s already happened a decade ago (in the Secure Fence Act of 2006), we could start the process of meeting Mr. Trump’s campaign pledge to secure the border." Richard Durbin stated on January 10, 2017 in Sessions' Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general: Of Sen. Jeff Sessions, "you've objected to immigrants volunteering to serve in our armed forces, saying, 'In terms of who's going to be most likely to be a spy, somebody from Cullman, Ala., or somebody from Kenya?'" Donald Trump stated on January 3, 2017 in a tweet: "General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border." Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2016 in a tweet : "If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?" Geraldo Rivera stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview on Fox News' Hannity: Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall." Bloggers stated on December 1, 2016 in an MRCTV post: "More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all."
Jeff Flake stated on April 27, 2017 in a tweet: "Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion." Jeff Sessions stated on April 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans." Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet: The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%." Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2017 in an interview with the Associated Press: Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years." Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet: "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" Donald Trump stated on April 17, 2017 in a tweet: Says Jon Ossoff wants to "allow illegal immigration." Mike Rogers stated on March 30, 2017 in a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances." Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2017 in weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border." John Conyers, Jr. stated on March 28, 2017 in a subcommittee hearing: "Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century." Jeff Sessions stated on March 27, 2017 in a press briefing: "Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law." Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in a rally in Kentucky: "Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent." Patrick Leahy stated on March 8, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed." Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2017 in his first Cabinet meeting: "In the first full month of my administration following the issuance of my executive orders, illegal immigration on our southern border fell by an unprecedented 40 percent." Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech before a joint session of Congress: "According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country." Robert Menendez stated on February 13, 2017 in a tweet: Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens." Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2017 in a press conference: "The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world." Tom Cotton stated on February 7, 2017 in a Fox News interview: Of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs." Ron Johnson stated on February 3, 2017 in a CNN interview: Israel cut its illegal immigration rate by "99 percent" by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border. Seth Moulton stated on January 31, 2017 in a CNN interview: "ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more terrorists to their side." Keith Ellison stated on January 29, 2017 in a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview: "About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old." Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet: "The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia." Jerrold Nadler stated on January 28, 2017 in a CNN interview: "The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order." Donald Trump stated on January 25, 2017 in remarks at Department of Homeland Security: Says ICE and border patrol officers "unanimously endorsed me for president." Luke Messer stated on January 5, 2017 in a CNN story: "By funding the authorization that’s already happened a decade ago (in the Secure Fence Act of 2006), we could start the process of meeting Mr. Trump’s campaign pledge to secure the border." Richard Durbin stated on January 10, 2017 in Sessions' Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general: Of Sen. Jeff Sessions, "you've objected to immigrants volunteering to serve in our armed forces, saying, 'In terms of who's going to be most likely to be a spy, somebody from Cullman, Ala., or somebody from Kenya?'" Donald Trump stated on January 3, 2017 in a tweet: "General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border." Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2016 in a tweet : "If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?" Geraldo Rivera stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview on Fox News' Hannity: Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall." Bloggers stated on December 1, 2016 in an MRCTV post: "More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all."
Jeff Flake stated on April 27, 2017 in a tweet: "Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."
Jeff Sessions stated on April 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet: The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."
Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2017 in an interview with the Associated Press: Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years."
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet: "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"
Donald Trump stated on April 17, 2017 in a tweet: Says Jon Ossoff wants to "allow illegal immigration."
Mike Rogers stated on March 30, 2017 in a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances."
Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2017 in weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border."
John Conyers, Jr. stated on March 28, 2017 in a subcommittee hearing: "Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century."
Jeff Sessions stated on March 27, 2017 in a press briefing: "Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."
Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in a rally in Kentucky: "Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent."
Patrick Leahy stated on March 8, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."
Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2017 in his first Cabinet meeting: "In the first full month of my administration following the issuance of my executive orders, illegal immigration on our southern border fell by an unprecedented 40 percent."
Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech before a joint session of Congress: "According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country."
Robert Menendez stated on February 13, 2017 in a tweet: Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens."
Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2017 in a press conference: "The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world."
Tom Cotton stated on February 7, 2017 in a Fox News interview: Of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs."
Ron Johnson stated on February 3, 2017 in a CNN interview: Israel cut its illegal immigration rate by "99 percent" by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border.
Seth Moulton stated on January 31, 2017 in a CNN interview: "ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more terrorists to their side."
Keith Ellison stated on January 29, 2017 in a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview: "About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old."
Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet: "The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."
Jerrold Nadler stated on January 28, 2017 in a CNN interview: "The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order."
Donald Trump stated on January 25, 2017 in remarks at Department of Homeland Security: Says ICE and border patrol officers "unanimously endorsed me for president."
Luke Messer stated on January 5, 2017 in a CNN story: "By funding the authorization that’s already happened a decade ago (in the Secure Fence Act of 2006), we could start the process of meeting Mr. Trump’s campaign pledge to secure the border."
Richard Durbin stated on January 10, 2017 in Sessions' Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general: Of Sen. Jeff Sessions, "you've objected to immigrants volunteering to serve in our armed forces, saying, 'In terms of who's going to be most likely to be a spy, somebody from Cullman, Ala., or somebody from Kenya?'"
Donald Trump stated on January 3, 2017 in a tweet: "General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border."
Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2016 in a tweet : "If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?"
Geraldo Rivera stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview on Fox News' Hannity: Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall."
Bloggers stated on December 1, 2016 in an MRCTV post: "More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all."
