16 People 11330 Fact-checks 4108 Articles People (16) Immigration Policy Center Florida Immigrant Coalition Federation for American Immigration Reform Center for Western Priorities Center for American Progress Center for Individual Freedom Centers for Disease Control Violence Policy Center National Women's Law Center Oregon Center for Public Policy Virginia Center for Public Safety Center for American Progress Action Fund Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity National Center for Public Policy Research Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Coalition To Save Memorial Hospital Birthing Center Fact-checks (11330) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 2, 2025 JD Vance stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview: Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage. By Samantha Putterman• November 20, 2025 John Blust stated on June 13, 2025 in an email: “Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.” By Paul Specht• August 7, 2025 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 Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.” By Jaren Holmes, John Pullano• May 7, 2020 Kamala Harris stated on February 16, 2017 in a speech: "Studies have shown Latinos are more than 40 percent less likely to call 911 when they have been a victim of a crime." By Chris Nichols• February 24, 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 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 Articles (4108) Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says? By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017 More immigrants equal better odds for Democrats after the next census? Why those claims are flawed By Jeff Cercone• March 25, 2024 Donald Trump over-counts U.S. 'illegals' By W. Gardner Selby• July 29, 2015 Do low-skilled immigrants negatively impact wages of Americans? By Miriam Valverde• August 8, 2017 Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom had to say on immigration in his State of the State By Chris Nichols• February 12, 2019 US Rep. Steil labeled Dane County a ‘sanctuary city,’ but it’s complicated By Ricardo Torres• March 5, 2025 Provocative Trump ad gives wrong impression on immigrants By Chris Nichols• January 23, 2018 The Republican proposal to change the U.S. asylum system, explained By Miriam Valverde• January 23, 2019 Anatomy of a statistic: Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities? By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2017 How much power does Donald Trump have to change the census and who is counted in it? By Louis Jacobson• August 8, 2025 Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem? By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2018 Website claims child immigrants kept in dog kennels, concentration camps. Here are the facts By Amy Sherman• June 22, 2018 'Illegal Alien Facts' vs. the Truth-O-Meter By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2012 Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016 Lindsey Graham: 'I've never met an illegal Canadian' By Miriam Valverde• March 8, 2017 Ask PolitiFact: Did President Joe Biden grant ‘mass amnesty’ to over 350,000 immigrants? By Madison Czopek• June 7, 2024 Impossible to check: John Fetterman’s claim that sanctuary cities are safer By Cassie Owens• February 29, 2016 Fact-checking Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the DACA immigration program By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• September 5, 2017 New US visa bonds program: What is a visa bond? Who is affected? By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: How many people on the terrorist watchlist are coming into the United States? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 27, 2023
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 2, 2025 JD Vance stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview: Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage. By Samantha Putterman• November 20, 2025 John Blust stated on June 13, 2025 in an email: “Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.” By Paul Specht• August 7, 2025 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 Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.” By Jaren Holmes, John Pullano• May 7, 2020 Kamala Harris stated on February 16, 2017 in a speech: "Studies have shown Latinos are more than 40 percent less likely to call 911 when they have been a victim of a crime." By Chris Nichols• February 24, 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 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
Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says? By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017 More immigrants equal better odds for Democrats after the next census? Why those claims are flawed By Jeff Cercone• March 25, 2024 Donald Trump over-counts U.S. 'illegals' By W. Gardner Selby• July 29, 2015 Do low-skilled immigrants negatively impact wages of Americans? By Miriam Valverde• August 8, 2017 Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom had to say on immigration in his State of the State By Chris Nichols• February 12, 2019 US Rep. Steil labeled Dane County a ‘sanctuary city,’ but it’s complicated By Ricardo Torres• March 5, 2025 Provocative Trump ad gives wrong impression on immigrants By Chris Nichols• January 23, 2018 The Republican proposal to change the U.S. asylum system, explained By Miriam Valverde• January 23, 2019 Anatomy of a statistic: Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities? By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2017 How much power does Donald Trump have to change the census and who is counted in it? By Louis Jacobson• August 8, 2025 Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem? By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2018 Website claims child immigrants kept in dog kennels, concentration camps. Here are the facts By Amy Sherman• June 22, 2018 'Illegal Alien Facts' vs. the Truth-O-Meter By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2012 Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016 Lindsey Graham: 'I've never met an illegal Canadian' By Miriam Valverde• March 8, 2017 Ask PolitiFact: Did President Joe Biden grant ‘mass amnesty’ to over 350,000 immigrants? By Madison Czopek• June 7, 2024 Impossible to check: John Fetterman’s claim that sanctuary cities are safer By Cassie Owens• February 29, 2016 Fact-checking Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the DACA immigration program By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• September 5, 2017 New US visa bonds program: What is a visa bond? Who is affected? By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: How many people on the terrorist watchlist are coming into the United States? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 27, 2023
