Latest False Fact-checks in Immigration Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Sean Spicer stated on January 24, 2017 in the daily press briefing: "There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens." Bloggers stated on November 14, 2016 in an article on InfoWars: "Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens." Russ Feingold stated on September 6, 2016 in a radio ad: Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse. Rick Scott stated on September 27, 2016 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening." Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2016 in a speech in North Carolina: Says "Hillary Clinton's plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term, alone, with no effective way to screen or vet them. Her plan would cost $400 billion in terms of lifetime welfare and entitlement costs." Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia: "Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants." Mike Pence stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "Donald Trump’s been completely consistent" about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants. Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2016 in a rally: As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase." Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans." Tim Kaine stated on August 1, 2016 in a speech.: Donald Trump says "all Mexicans are rapists." Kelly Terry-Willis stated on July 18, 2016 in a Republican National Convention video: In Arizona, "there are only one and a half (Border Patrol) agents per every 10 square miles." Catherine Cortez Masto stated on July 14, 2016 in a news release: "Just on the issue of immigration alone, it is next to impossible to find a policy difference between (Donald) Trump and Congressman (Joe) Heck." Jeff Sessions stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention: "There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year." Rudy Giuliani stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention”: "Hillary Clinton is for open borders." Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton’s immigration platform would "create totally open borders." Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation." Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech on terrorism and immigration: There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East. Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2016 in an interview on 'Meet the Press': "You have to be a citizen to vote," but with same-day voter registration, "you have places where people just walk in and vote." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the CNN debate: "If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject." Ted Cruz stated on February 2, 2016 in a town hall event in Windham, N.H.: The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks." Marco Rubio stated on January 31, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago. Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa: "When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall." Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2016 in the South Carolina presidential debate: Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children." Donald Trump stated on January 5, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post: Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport." Ted Cruz stated on December 17, 2015 in a radio interview.: "Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border. Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever." Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2015 in a Facebook comment: "Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol." Carly Fiorina stated on November 17, 2015 in a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. : "The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work." Marco Rubio stated on November 12, 2015 in remarks to reporters in South Carolina: Says Ted Cruz "is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally" and "proposed giving them work permits." Rick Santorum stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."
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Sean Spicer stated on January 24, 2017 in the daily press briefing: "There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens." Bloggers stated on November 14, 2016 in an article on InfoWars: "Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens." Russ Feingold stated on September 6, 2016 in a radio ad: Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse. Rick Scott stated on September 27, 2016 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening." Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2016 in a speech in North Carolina: Says "Hillary Clinton's plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term, alone, with no effective way to screen or vet them. Her plan would cost $400 billion in terms of lifetime welfare and entitlement costs." Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia: "Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants." Mike Pence stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "Donald Trump’s been completely consistent" about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants. Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2016 in a rally: As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase." Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans." Tim Kaine stated on August 1, 2016 in a speech.: Donald Trump says "all Mexicans are rapists." Kelly Terry-Willis stated on July 18, 2016 in a Republican National Convention video: In Arizona, "there are only one and a half (Border Patrol) agents per every 10 square miles." Catherine Cortez Masto stated on July 14, 2016 in a news release: "Just on the issue of immigration alone, it is next to impossible to find a policy difference between (Donald) Trump and Congressman (Joe) Heck." Jeff Sessions stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention: "There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year." Rudy Giuliani stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention”: "Hillary Clinton is for open borders." Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton’s immigration platform would "create totally open borders." Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation." Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech on terrorism and immigration: There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East. Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2016 in an interview on 'Meet the Press': "You have to be a citizen to vote," but with same-day voter registration, "you have places where people just walk in and vote." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the CNN debate: "If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject." Ted Cruz stated on February 2, 2016 in a town hall event in Windham, N.H.: The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks." Marco Rubio stated on January 31, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago. Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa: "When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall." Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2016 in the South Carolina presidential debate: Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children." Donald Trump stated on January 5, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post: Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport." Ted Cruz stated on December 17, 2015 in a radio interview.: "Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border. Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever." Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2015 in a Facebook comment: "Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol." Carly Fiorina stated on November 17, 2015 in a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. : "The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work." Marco Rubio stated on November 12, 2015 in remarks to reporters in South Carolina: Says Ted Cruz "is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally" and "proposed giving them work permits." Rick Santorum stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."
Sean Spicer stated on January 24, 2017 in the daily press briefing: "There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens."
Bloggers stated on November 14, 2016 in an article on InfoWars: "Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens."
Russ Feingold stated on September 6, 2016 in a radio ad: Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
Rick Scott stated on September 27, 2016 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening."
Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2016 in a speech in North Carolina: Says "Hillary Clinton's plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term, alone, with no effective way to screen or vet them. Her plan would cost $400 billion in terms of lifetime welfare and entitlement costs."
Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia: "Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants."
Mike Pence stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "Donald Trump’s been completely consistent" about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.
Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2016 in a rally: As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase."
Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans."
Kelly Terry-Willis stated on July 18, 2016 in a Republican National Convention video: In Arizona, "there are only one and a half (Border Patrol) agents per every 10 square miles."
Catherine Cortez Masto stated on July 14, 2016 in a news release: "Just on the issue of immigration alone, it is next to impossible to find a policy difference between (Donald) Trump and Congressman (Joe) Heck."
Jeff Sessions stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention: "There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year."
Rudy Giuliani stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention”: "Hillary Clinton is for open borders."
Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton’s immigration platform would "create totally open borders."
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation."
Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech on terrorism and immigration: There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.
Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2016 in an interview on 'Meet the Press': "You have to be a citizen to vote," but with same-day voter registration, "you have places where people just walk in and vote."
Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the CNN debate: "If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject."
Ted Cruz stated on February 2, 2016 in a town hall event in Windham, N.H.: The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."
Marco Rubio stated on January 31, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.
Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa: "When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."
Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2016 in the South Carolina presidential debate: Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children."
Donald Trump stated on January 5, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post: Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."
Ted Cruz stated on December 17, 2015 in a radio interview.: "Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border.
Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."
Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2015 in a Facebook comment: "Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol."
Carly Fiorina stated on November 17, 2015 in a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. : "The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."
Marco Rubio stated on November 12, 2015 in remarks to reporters in South Carolina: Says Ted Cruz "is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally" and "proposed giving them work permits."
Rick Santorum stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."
