All statements involving Immigration

Repeated claim, still false

Donald Trump

"When I became president, President Obama had a separation policy. I didn’t have it. He had it."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 21st, 2019

Federal, state officials say it's not true

Brian Kolfage

Says that in New Mexico, "illegals are issued emergency welfare EBT cards with $1k a month +$200 for each child, for at least 5+ years until they see a judge."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, June 17th, 2019

If they had Ebola, they'd already be dead

Conservative Daily Post

"Disease-ridden" migrants from parts of Africa with Ebola are being "dumped in San Antonio."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, June 12th, 2019

This claim is infectious

Facebook posts

Says six eradicated diseases such as whooping cough and the bubonic plague are making a comeback "thanks to refugees and illegal immigrants."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, June 10th, 2019

Official immigration data backs claim

Tulsi Gabbard

Says immigrant military service members applying for U.S. citizenship "are getting rejected at higher numbers than those who are not veterans."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 7th, 2019

No data supports this claim

Dan Patrick

"We will have more people enter our country illegally than were born in this country in one year."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019

She said they have a right to pay

Facebook posts

Says presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said, "Social Security must (be) expanded to illegal immigration, it’s their right."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019

The Tillis plan dealt only with DREAMers

Garland Tucker

Said Sen. Thom Tillis "co-sponsored a bill that not only provided amnesty, but provided a clear path to citizenship for illegal immigrants."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019

Hurricane Harvey played a role

Ben Carson

More than 100,000 people are waiting for public housing in Houston and people who are in the country illegally are taking their spaces.

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 30th, 2019

Other politicians have said something similar, though

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Says Nancy Pelosi said, "Just because someone is here illegally doesn’t mean they broke any of our laws."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

Family included in the numbers

Donald Trump

"Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, May 24th, 2019

Just 29% of claims he was discussing were denied

Dan Crenshaw

Says about 80% to 90% of people seeking asylum do not have a valid claim.

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, May 17th, 2019

Counting everyone is established legal principle

Letitia James

"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."

— PolitiFact New York on Tuesday, April 30th, 2019

Infants as young as 6 months have had to appear

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For the first time in U.S. history, a one-year-old appears in court as a defendant.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, April 26th, 2019

This claim was disguised as a fact

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"Border guards found 52 tons of guns and ammunition in 14 Conex containers disguised as furniture. This ‘furniture’ is from Muslim immigrants who have come to America"

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Democrats, more than GOP, aligned with Bush

Howard Schultz

Says presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama each tried to get immigration bills passed, but "it did not work because the other party was unwilling to provide the president and his party a victory."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, April 15th, 2019

Worry about the spread of fake news, not diseases

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A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, April 10th, 2019

Lacks context about gangs

Tweets

Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, April 8th, 2019

Overstates the case

Shelley Moore Capito

"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors.

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Monday, April 8th, 2019

Some prosecutions happened before 2005

Julián Castro

Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, April 5th, 2019

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