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 Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2017 in an immigration roundtable discussion: "We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members. Ainsley Earhardt stated on June 20, 2017 in the "Fox and Friends" show: "5.7 million -- that’s how many illegal immigrants might have voted" in 2008. Claire McCaskill stated on January 31, 2017 in a Senate hearing for Rex Tillerson’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of State: "Nobody applies to the United States for refugee status. They apply to the United Nations." 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!" Jim Kenney stated on March 27, 2017 in a tweet: "Immigrants are responsible for 96 percent of our small biz growth since 2000." Greg Abbott stated on February 6, 2017 in a tweet: Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373. Dawn Buckingham stated on February 8, 2017 in a campaign email blast: "Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office." Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly: Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order. Mario Diaz-Balart stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release: Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order. Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN: "If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible." 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."
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Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2017 in an immigration roundtable discussion: "We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members. Ainsley Earhardt stated on June 20, 2017 in the "Fox and Friends" show: "5.7 million -- that’s how many illegal immigrants might have voted" in 2008. Claire McCaskill stated on January 31, 2017 in a Senate hearing for Rex Tillerson’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of State: "Nobody applies to the United States for refugee status. They apply to the United Nations." 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!" Jim Kenney stated on March 27, 2017 in a tweet: "Immigrants are responsible for 96 percent of our small biz growth since 2000." Greg Abbott stated on February 6, 2017 in a tweet: Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373. Dawn Buckingham stated on February 8, 2017 in a campaign email blast: "Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office." Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly: Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order. Mario Diaz-Balart stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release: Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order. Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN: "If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible." 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."
Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2017 in an immigration roundtable discussion: "We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members.
Ainsley Earhardt stated on June 20, 2017 in the "Fox and Friends" show: "5.7 million -- that’s how many illegal immigrants might have voted" in 2008.
Claire McCaskill stated on January 31, 2017 in a Senate hearing for Rex Tillerson’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of State: "Nobody applies to the United States for refugee status. They apply to the United Nations."
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!"
Jim Kenney stated on March 27, 2017 in a tweet: "Immigrants are responsible for 96 percent of our small biz growth since 2000."
Greg Abbott stated on February 6, 2017 in a tweet: Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373.
Dawn Buckingham stated on February 8, 2017 in a campaign email blast: "Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office."
Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly: Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.
Mario Diaz-Balart stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release: Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order.
Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN: "If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."
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."
