All statements involving Immigration

Runs up against mental barriers

Bloggers

"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Comparison built on two different programs

Wisconsin Assembly Republicans .

In-state tuition available "for non-U.S. citizens after three years … veterans have to wait five years."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

US law bans noncitizens from voting

Facebook posts

Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

There are some caveats

Bloggers

"In February alone there were enough illegal immigrants who crossed the border to fill this (Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead) stadium."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

Claim leaves out additional comments, context

America First

Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, March 7th, 2019

Wrong on many levels

Viral image

"Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

Only U.S. citizens can vote

Bloggers

"Chicago now has City ID Cards which allow illegal immigrants to vote in local, state & federal elections."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, March 4th, 2019

Inspector general's report supports claim

Henry Cuellar

Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, March 1st, 2019

Referring youth to ICE was policy's purpose

Kamala Harris

Says handing over arrested undocumented youth to ICE "was an unintended consequence" of a 2008 San Francisco policy that she supported.

— PolitiFact California on Thursday, February 28th, 2019

They're not eligible for the entitlement

Facebook posts

Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, February 27th, 2019

Replacement fencing, completed on time or early

Donald Trump

"We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!"

— PolitiFact National on Monday, February 25th, 2019

Lowest in 45 years

David Price

Says border "crossings remain at historically low levels."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, February 22nd, 2019

Claim is severe exaggeration of the facts

Tom McClintock

"In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans."

— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

Remembering an old CBO score

Amy Klobuchar

"Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

Claim not backed by data

Matt Gaetz

"One out of every five people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

No systematic approach

Beto O'Rourke

When visa holders exit the United States and enter Mexico, "if they leave through a land port of entry we literally have no clue if they are still here or have returned to their country of origin."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 15th, 2019

Dems' 96 platform was tough

Matt Gaetz

"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."

— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

A lack of data undercuts this claim

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Muslim immigrants were responsible for 11,000 of 13,000 knife attacks in London in the past 12 months.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, February 8th, 2019

"Anyone caught involved in voter fraud should be immediately deported and have his citizenship revoked."

Facebook posts

Says Ben Carson said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, February 8th, 2019

Crime data contradicts Trump's claim

Donald Trump

"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime — one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. Now, immediately upon its building, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, February 8th, 2019

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