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Statements about Immigration
Presente.org

Presente.org

True

Numbers make the case

"91 percent of Latinos support the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college," but Marco Rubio opposes it.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

No Flip

No reason to flip out here

On deporting illegal immigrants.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly True

Gingrich admitted he could have used different words

Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto."

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

True

Muchos idiomas!

There are 86 languages spoken at Miami Dade College.

Thomas Sgouros Jr.

Thomas Sgouros Jr.

False

Claim is De-Verified

"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."

Restore Our Future

Restore Our Future

Half-True

A graduated plan; not full amnesty

Says Newt Gingrich "supports amnesty for illegal immigrants."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Half-True

Slapdash term

Says the Obama administration catches and releases nonviolent illegal immigrants.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly True

If amnesty means a path to legalization

Newt Gingrich’s immigration plan offers "a new doorway to amnesty."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

False

No safe haven for Bachmann claim about Newt

Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

True

Jobs was blunt with everyone -- including Obama

Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.

D.A. King

D.A. King

Mostly True

"Perrycare" claim gets examined

Says Rick Perry "proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly False

They’re not talking Texas

President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."

Frank Ortis

Frank Ortis

Mostly False

Except for agreeing to provide water and sewer

The city of Pembroke Pines doesn't have a vote in a plan to build a detention center in Southwest Ranches.

Alan Hays

Alan Hays

Mostly False

Hays doesn't want to draw a district for illegal immigrants

Proof of citizenship isn't necessary before you register to vote in Florida.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

One letter plus

Says Rick Perry wrote a newspaper item saying he was "open to amnesty" for illegal immigrants in the United States.

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

False

'The dates were wrong'

Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba.

Phil Kent

Phil Kent

False

Actually, they can't

The newly created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board "can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general."

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

Half-True

One is; one isn't

President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ...  who've been allowed to stay in this country."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

There's more variation in the statistics than Romney indicated

"Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly False

Aw, geez!

"I don't think I've ever hired an illegal in my life."

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