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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
Javier M. Gonzales stated on November 16, 2016 in an interview on The Kelly File:
"Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented."
By Miriam Valverde• November 28, 2016
Al Hunt stated on July 04, 2010 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week.":
"Crime is down in Arizona."
By Alex Holt• July 7, 2010
Kathy Sheehan stated on November 16, 2017 in an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight:
"Simply being in this country without documentation is not a crime"
By Dan Clark• December 2, 2017
Matt Gaetz stated on August 18, 2017 in a newsletter:
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
By Miriam Valverde• August 30, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born."
By Chris Nichols• August 3, 2017
Donald Trump stated on June 18, 2018 in a tweet:
"Crime in Germany is way up."
By Jon Greenberg• June 18, 2018
Corey Stewart stated on April 11, 2012 in a TV interview.:
Prince William County "has cut violent crime in half" since instituting a crackdown on illegal immigration.
By Sean Gorman• May 25, 2012
Jeff Sessions stated on August 07, 2017 in a press release:
Chicago city officials "have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents."
By Matt Dietrich• August 16, 2017
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says 194 people were killed in mass shootings in 2018 while undocumented immigrants killed 83,211 people.
By Samantha Putterman• August 26, 2019
Lupe Valdez stated on July 31, 2017 in a Dallas Morning News news story:
Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.
By W. Gardner Selby• December 22, 2017
Donald Trump stated on July 01, 2015 in an interview on Fox Business Network:
"Hundreds of thousands of (illegal immigrants are) going to state and federal penitentiaries."
By Lauren Carroll• July 6, 2015
Barack Obama stated on February 21, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas.:
"We have seen hate crimes skyrocket in the wake of the immigration debate."
By Robert Farley• February 22, 2008
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2016 in a TV ad:
Under Hillary Clinton’s plan "illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay."
By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2016
George Will stated on April 25, 2010 in a panel discussion on ABC This Week:
 "What the Arizona law does is make a state crime out of something that already is... a federal crime."
By Catharine Richert• April 28, 2010
Barack Obama stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
"Illegal immigration and the crime rate are as low as they’ve been in decades."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 28, 2016
Kathy Hochul stated on February 22, 2024 in an interview:
In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over.
By Jill Terreri Ramos• March 29, 2024
Sean Hannity stated on August 23, 2016 in a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump:
Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.
By W. Gardner Selby• September 2, 2016
Tom McClintock stated on January 29, 2019 in a speech:
"In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans."
By Chris Nichols• February 20, 2019
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

Articles (1885)

Provocative Trump ad gives wrong impression on immigrants

By Chris Nichols• January 23, 2018

Anatomy of a statistic: Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities?

By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2017

What the U.S. Supreme Court decision means for the deportation of criminal immigrants

By Miriam Valverde• April 23, 2018

Impossible to check: John Fetterman’s claim that sanctuary cities are safer

By Cassie Owens• February 29, 2016

What the statistics say about Sweden, immigration and crime

By Miriam Valverde• February 20, 2017

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s false and misleading claims about immigration, the border wall

By Miriam Valverde• January 24, 2019

On 'This Week,' checking claims about Arizona and immigration

By Bill Adair• July 6, 2010

Separating fact from fiction on California’s Sanctuary State law

By Chris Nichols• August 1, 2018

Donald Trump's misleading claims in the Kate Steinle case, fact-checked

By Miriam Valverde• December 18, 2017

Romney misses easy grounder

By Bill Adair• November 29, 2007

El Paso "safest" large city in US? Hold fire

By W. Gardner Selby• May 31, 2013

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2023 State of the State claims about crime, Florida’s growth

By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• March 7, 2023

Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom had to say on immigration in his State of the State

By Chris Nichols• February 12, 2019

Fact-checking Richard Corcoran and Andrew Gillum's fiery debate on sanctuary cities

By Romy Ellenbogen, Allison Graves, Jimena Tavel• February 14, 2018

No sanctuary from exaggeration

By Bill Adair• November 19, 2007

Beheadings, kidnappings and other immigration distortions

By Robert Farley• September 10, 2010

A surprising number of Americans believe these false claims about immigrants. Here are the facts

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 6, 2022

Fact-checking sanctuary city, immigration claims

By W. Gardner Selby• April 25, 2017

Truth-stretching about Arizona immigration law

By Bill Adair• June 25, 2012

Fact-checking Trump's first general election ad on immigration

By Miriam Valverde• August 25, 2016