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Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.":

The number of illegal immigrants in the United States is "30 million, it could be 34 million."

By Amy Sherman• July 28, 2015

Lamar Smith stated on July 01, 2010 in a floor speech:

"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers."

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 15, 2010

David Frum stated on November 28, 2011 in a New York magazine article.:

"Eighty percent of the net new jobs created in the state of Texas since 2009 went to the foreign-born."

By W. Gardner Selby• December 2, 2011

Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

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

By Louis Jacobson• October 19, 2011

Tom Tancredo stated on October 09, 2007 in Detroit:

"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."

By David DeCamp• December 11, 2007

David Perdue stated on August 08, 2017 in a USA Today op-ed:

"Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system."

By Miriam Valverde• August 14, 2017

Rick Scott stated on August 02, 2010 in in a Univision debate in Miami.:

"We have over 700,000 illegal immigrants in the state. They're costing us billions of dollars and they're taking legal residents' jobs."

By Cristina Silva• August 18, 2010

Renee Unterman stated on April 14, 2011 in a speech:

"Gwinnett Medical Center is operating in the negative," in part, because of illegal immigrants.

By Eric Stirgus• May 11, 2011

Tucker Carlson stated on February 08, 2018 in a tweet:

"There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time."

By Miriam Valverde• February 13, 2018

Kevin McCarthy stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech:

"Half of everyone that’s here illegally (in the U.S.) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa."

By Chris Nichols• August 24, 2018

Bill O'Reilly stated on July 08, 2014 in comments on Fox News:

"More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."

By Jon Greenberg• July 18, 2014

Peter Morici stated on December 07, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal":

Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."

By Jon Greenberg• December 2, 2014

Marco Rubio stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview:

"In Florida, 70 percent of the people here illegally came on an airplane. They overstayed a visa."

By Amy Sherman• February 2, 2017

Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in in a speech at the Republican convention:

"Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens."

By Miriam Valverde• July 22, 2016

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

The number of illegal immigrants "could be 3 million. It could be 30 million."

By Linda Qiu, Amy Sherman• September 1, 2016

Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet:

"We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country."

By Miriam Valverde• January 28, 2019

Nate McMurray stated on September 10, 2019 in a Tweet:

"Under @BarackObama illegal immigration dropped to a 50-year low."

By Jill Terreri Ramos• September 23, 2019

Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2019 in Facebook posts:

"18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.

By Samantha Putterman• January 24, 2019

Facebook posts stated on June 19, 2012 in on the Internet:

"Less than 2 percent of illegals are picking crops, but 41 percent are on welfare."

By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2012

Vern Buchanan stated on December 02, 2010 in a web video.:

"In Florida, illegal immigration costs taxpayers nearly $4 billion (a year). This amounts to $700 for every household in Florida."

By Aaron Sharockman• December 6, 2010

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