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Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix:

"Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."

By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2016 in a TV ad:

Under Hillary Clinton’s plan "illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay."

By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2016 in a campaign speech :

Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border.

By Sarah Hauer • August 15, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on July 27, 2016 in a tweet:

"Not one American flag on the massive stage at the Democratic National Convention until people started complaining- then a small one. Pathetic."

By Aaron Sharockman • July 27, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"America has lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton."

By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in In a speech at the Republican convention:

"The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015."

By Miriam Valverde • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland:

"Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

"Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."

By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2016 in a Phoenix rally:

Says Hillary Clinton has been given tens of millions of dollars by countries that "treat women horribly ... and countries that kill gays."

By Anthony Cave • July 11, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2016 in a speech in Monessen, Penn.:

"As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ "

By Linda Qiu • June 29, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 in a speech to the NRA:

Florida has "issued more than 3 million conceal carry permits in the past 30 years. Only 168 have been revoked."

By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2016 in a news conference:

"We're losing thousands of (veterans) waiting on line" because they can't get speedy health care from the Veterans Administration.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 1, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2016 in an Instagram post:

"Hypocrisy at the Clinton Foundation: Top male staff made on average $218,029 while top female staff made $153,014 from 2010-2014."

By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington:

"When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One."

By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on April 5, 2016 in a plan on his campaign website:

Mexico receives "approximately $24 billion a year in remittances from Mexican nationals working in the United States. The majority of that amount comes from illegal aliens."

By Anthony Cave • April 8, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times:

China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen."

By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on March 27, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times:

"We’ve rebuilt China."

By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee:

"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 in a speech in Concord, N.C.:

"NASCAR endorsed Trump"

By Will Doran • March 7, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2016 in remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting:

"The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long)."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2016 in a campaign rally in Iowa:

"I'm self-funding my own campaign."

By Lauren Carroll • February 10, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."

By Lauren Carroll • January 24, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC:

The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."

By Clayton Youngman • November 20, 2015
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate:

Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country."

By Lauren Carroll • November 11, 2015
Donald Trump
stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union":

Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else."

By Lauren Carroll • November 8, 2015
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent."

By Linda Qiu • October 25, 2015
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 in an interview on CNN.:

"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."

By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in Derry, N.H.:

"Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment.

By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2015
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 in a policy plan on immigration.:

"The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."

By Linda Qiu • August 18, 2015