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Search results for "Record number of Americans are leaving the country and renouncing their citizenship"

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Fact-checks (20660)

Alan Grayson stated on November 25, 2015 in an interview on the "Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News:
"Technically, (Ted Cruz is) not even an American."
By Jon Greenberg• December 8, 2015
Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post:
Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 6, 2016
Tim Kaine stated on October 04, 2016 in the 2016 vice presidential debate:
Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship."  
By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on August 21, 2015 in speaking to reporters in Iowa:
"It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth."
By W. Gardner Selby• September 4, 2015
Derrick Van Orden stated on December 07, 2021 in Twitter:
Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."
By Alan Hovorka• January 4, 2022
Lindsey Graham stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview with Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren":
"People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called 'drop and leave."
By Louis Jacobson• August 6, 2010
Rand Paul stated on March 06, 2013 in a Senate filibuster speech:
"When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2013
Kim Thatcher stated on March 17, 2011 in a House floor session:
Oregon concealed gun applications include "home phone numbers, home address, Social Security numbers, what kinds of guns you have in the house … whether you were dishonorably discharged from the military, what controlled substances you are taking and  were you ever accused of -- accused, mind you -- of stalking."
By Ian K. Kullgren• March 26, 2011
Jim Sensenbrenner stated on July 01, 2013 in an op-ed article:
"Currently, it takes up to 25 years to obtain U.S. citizenship legally" but the Senate bill "would allow immigrants who came to the United States illegally to obtain citizenship in just 13 years."
By Dave Umhoefer• July 7, 2013
Beto O'Rourke stated on June 13, 2019 in an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:
"The Census is predicting a 6% undercount that will be targeted against nonwhites in this country — so Hispanics, African Americans, communities of color" if a citizenship question is asked.
By Stefanie Pousoulides• July 1, 2019
Viral image stated on April 01, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am ending dual citizenship under the Espionage Act and all these traitors will be ‘denaturalized and deported.’”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025
Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2020 in a speech:
“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”
By Amy Sherman• December 7, 2020
Rand Paul stated on September 16, 2015 in a presidential debate:
"There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."
By Louis Jacobson• September 18, 2015
Lamar Smith stated on December 15, 2009 in in a press release:
"Illegal immigrants currently occupy 8 million jobs."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 12, 2010
Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 11, 2018 in a campaign ad:
"In Washington, McCaskill joined the liberals for giving amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants."
By Kathryn B. Palmer• November 4, 2018
Ron Johnson stated on January 26, 2025 in a TV interview:
We’re one of the very few nations that allowed birthright citizenship.”
By Hope Karnopp• February 4, 2025
Michael Denbrow stated on April 04, 2011 in a website posting:
Undocumented students who qualify for in-state Oregon tuition are "actively working toward U.S. citizenship."
By Janie Har• April 9, 2011
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in a GOP presidential debate on CNN:
Says Mexico doesn't have birthright citizenship, and Americans are the "only ones" to have it.
By Katie Sanders• September 17, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News:
On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants
By Amy Sherman• January 29, 2016
Glenn Grothman stated on December 01, 2023 in Speech:
“Our government, wrongly, is saying if you’re born in this country you’re automatically an American citizen.”
By Sophia Voight• January 12, 2024

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Is Ted Cruz, born in Canada, eligible to run for president?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2013

Is Ted Cruz, born in Canada, eligible to run for president?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2013

Can the U.S. government revoke your citizenship? What to know about denaturalization

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 14, 2025

Dr. Oz holds dual citizenship with Turkey. That’s no bar to a Senate bid

By Jon Greenberg• December 3, 2021

Have you now or ever been a U.S. citizen? By birth, Ted Cruz says

By W. Gardner Selby• September 4, 2015

The backstory behind Diane Rehm's question to Bernie Sanders on dual Israeli citizenship

By Louis Jacobson• June 11, 2015

Is Ted Cruz, victor of Texas straw poll, eligible to run for president?

By W. Gardner Selby• June 9, 2014

Ted Cruz's dual citizenship and other factual finds of 2016

By W. Gardner Selby• January 24, 2017

2020 Census citizenship question awaits Supreme Court review

By Miriam Valverde• April 1, 2019

5 myths about immigration

By Will Cabaniss• July 2, 2015

Is the federal SAVE tool booting naturalized citizens from voter rolls?

By Samantha Putterman• February 20, 2026

Beheadings, kidnappings and other immigration distortions

By Robert Farley• September 10, 2010

FACT SHEET: Immigration

By Adriel Bettelheim• January 15, 2008

More immigrants equal better odds for Democrats after the next census? Why those claims are flawed

By Jeff Cercone• March 25, 2024

Fact-checking the Fox Business Network debate in South Carolina

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 15, 2016

The race for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat: A guide

By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2022

In Context: Tom Homan’s comments that ‘families can be deported together’

By Caleb McCullough• November 14, 2024

The Colorado U.S. Senate race: the fact-checks so far

By Steve Contorno• September 9, 2014

Jeb Bush on the Truth-O-Meter

By Amy Sherman• June 12, 2015

What is 'a pathway to citizenship'?

By Molly Moorhead• April 2, 2013