3 People 1832 Fact-checks 1231 Articles People (3) Florida Immigrant Coalition Immigration Policy Center Federation for American Immigration Reform Fact-checks (1832) Rick Santorum stated on September 03, 2017 in a CNN interview: "We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country." By Manuela Tobias• September 6, 2017 Steve Case stated on July 03, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "Forty percent of the Fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants." By Robert Farley• July 6, 2011 Michael Bloomberg stated on August 01, 2010 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": "Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside 6 percent." By Erin Mershon• August 5, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 07, 2019 in a Facebook post: American citizens “pay $155 billion annually to make sure illegal immigrants are taken care of better than American citizens” By Madison Czopek• January 26, 2022 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 Don Blankenship stated on April 23, 2018 in a debate: Says illegal immigration is "costing us $130 billion a year to house and feed and give benefits to people that shouldn’t be even in the country." By Miriam Valverde• April 30, 2018 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 Steve Cortes stated on January 23, 2018 in in an interview: "We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance." By Manuela Tobias• January 29, 2018 Ted Cruz stated on February 25, 2016 in remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston: "Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants. By Anthony Cave• March 4, 2016 Federation for American Immigration Reform stated on July 01, 2010 in a report: Illegal immigration costs Georgia $2.4 billion a year By Eric Stirgus• February 18, 2011 Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: "Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year." By Miriam Valverde• September 1, 2016 Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” By Miriam Valverde• July 17, 2020 Susan B. Anthony List stated on September 30, 2010 in a TV ad: Sen. Barbara Boxer "voted against immigration reform to permit (Hispanic immigrants) people to come here legally to work." By Robert Farley• October 8, 2010 Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2018 in a Fox &Friends interview: Speaking of immigration cases, says, "We have thousands of judges." By Miriam Valverde• May 30, 2018 James Lankford stated on May 04, 2022 in a Senate hearing: “The vast majority of individuals that we’re releasing out are not showing up for hearings.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 17, 2022 Phil Gingrey stated on December 16, 2010 in a state legislative committee meeting: Under current U.S. immigration policy, "literally one person with a green card" can, in the extreme, bring in more than 270 of his relatives. By Willoughby Mariano• January 18, 2011 Weston Pagano stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium: Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times." By Amy Sherman• July 12, 2019 Marco Rubio stated on August 06, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States." By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2015 Gary Johnson stated on July 03, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "(Mexican immigrants) are more law-abiding than U.S. citizens and that is a statistic." By Miriam Valverde• July 14, 2016 Facebook posts stated on April 09, 2020 in a Facebook post: “President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.” By Miriam Valverde• April 24, 2020 Articles (1231) Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016 How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017 More immigrants equal better odds for Democrats after the next census? Why those claims are flawed By Jeff Cercone• March 25, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: What branch of government is ‘really’ responsible for the crisis at the border? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 17, 2024 FACT SHEET: Immigration By Adriel Bettelheim• January 15, 2008 No sanctuary from exaggeration By Bill Adair• November 19, 2007 Fact-checking immigration By Becky Bowers• June 21, 2013 Greg Abbott says he will transport immigrants arriving illegally at the border to DC. Is that legal? By Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• April 8, 2022 Do low-skilled immigrants negatively impact wages of Americans? By Miriam Valverde• August 8, 2017 PolitiFact Sheet: Donald Trump’s immigration plan By Miriam Valverde• November 9, 2016 As Donald Trump seeks changes to immigration courts, what rights do immigrants here illegally have? By Miriam Valverde• June 28, 2018 Exploring the facts as California braces for Trump’s immigration policies By Chris Nichols• November 18, 2016 Provocative Trump ad gives wrong impression on immigrants By Chris Nichols• January 23, 2018 Fact-checking Richard Corcoran and Andrew Gillum's fiery debate on sanctuary cities By Romy Ellenbogen, Allison Graves, Jimena Tavel• February 14, 2018 Immigration in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018 A surprising number of Americans believe these false claims about immigrants. Here are the facts By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 6, 2022 Romney misses easy grounder By Bill Adair• November 29, 2007 Explaining the Supreme Court immigration ruling on ‘Remain in Mexico’ By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 7, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: What can we expect if Title 42 is lifted? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 16, 2022 Fact-checking Donald Trump's immigration speech in Phoenix By Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde• September 1, 2016
Rick Santorum stated on September 03, 2017 in a CNN interview: "We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country." By Manuela Tobias• September 6, 2017 Steve Case stated on July 03, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "Forty percent of the Fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants." By Robert Farley• July 6, 2011 Michael Bloomberg stated on August 01, 2010 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": "Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside 6 percent." By Erin Mershon• August 5, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 07, 2019 in a Facebook post: American citizens “pay $155 billion annually to make sure illegal immigrants are taken care of better than American citizens” By Madison Czopek• January 26, 2022 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 Don Blankenship stated on April 23, 2018 in a debate: Says illegal immigration is "costing us $130 billion a year to house and feed and give benefits to people that shouldn’t be even in the country." By Miriam Valverde• April 30, 2018 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 Steve Cortes stated on January 23, 2018 in in an interview: "We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance." By Manuela Tobias• January 29, 2018 Ted Cruz stated on February 25, 2016 in remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston: "Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants. By Anthony Cave• March 4, 2016 Federation for American Immigration Reform stated on July 01, 2010 in a report: Illegal immigration costs Georgia $2.4 billion a year By Eric Stirgus• February 18, 2011 Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: "Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year." By Miriam Valverde• September 1, 2016 Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” By Miriam Valverde• July 17, 2020 Susan B. Anthony List stated on September 30, 2010 in a TV ad: Sen. Barbara Boxer "voted against immigration reform to permit (Hispanic immigrants) people to come here legally to work." By Robert Farley• October 8, 2010 Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2018 in a Fox &Friends interview: Speaking of immigration cases, says, "We have thousands of judges." By Miriam Valverde• May 30, 2018 James Lankford stated on May 04, 2022 in a Senate hearing: “The vast majority of individuals that we’re releasing out are not showing up for hearings.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 17, 2022 Phil Gingrey stated on December 16, 2010 in a state legislative committee meeting: Under current U.S. immigration policy, "literally one person with a green card" can, in the extreme, bring in more than 270 of his relatives. By Willoughby Mariano• January 18, 2011 Weston Pagano stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium: Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times." By Amy Sherman• July 12, 2019 Marco Rubio stated on August 06, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States." By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2015 Gary Johnson stated on July 03, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "(Mexican immigrants) are more law-abiding than U.S. citizens and that is a statistic." By Miriam Valverde• July 14, 2016 Facebook posts stated on April 09, 2020 in a Facebook post: “President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.” By Miriam Valverde• April 24, 2020
Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016 How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2017 More immigrants equal better odds for Democrats after the next census? Why those claims are flawed By Jeff Cercone• March 25, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: What branch of government is ‘really’ responsible for the crisis at the border? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 17, 2024 FACT SHEET: Immigration By Adriel Bettelheim• January 15, 2008 No sanctuary from exaggeration By Bill Adair• November 19, 2007 Fact-checking immigration By Becky Bowers• June 21, 2013 Greg Abbott says he will transport immigrants arriving illegally at the border to DC. Is that legal? By Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• April 8, 2022 Do low-skilled immigrants negatively impact wages of Americans? By Miriam Valverde• August 8, 2017 PolitiFact Sheet: Donald Trump’s immigration plan By Miriam Valverde• November 9, 2016 As Donald Trump seeks changes to immigration courts, what rights do immigrants here illegally have? By Miriam Valverde• June 28, 2018 Exploring the facts as California braces for Trump’s immigration policies By Chris Nichols• November 18, 2016 Provocative Trump ad gives wrong impression on immigrants By Chris Nichols• January 23, 2018 Fact-checking Richard Corcoran and Andrew Gillum's fiery debate on sanctuary cities By Romy Ellenbogen, Allison Graves, Jimena Tavel• February 14, 2018 Immigration in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018 A surprising number of Americans believe these false claims about immigrants. Here are the facts By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 6, 2022 Romney misses easy grounder By Bill Adair• November 29, 2007 Explaining the Supreme Court immigration ruling on ‘Remain in Mexico’ By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 7, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: What can we expect if Title 42 is lifted? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 16, 2022 Fact-checking Donald Trump's immigration speech in Phoenix By Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde• September 1, 2016
