Latest Fact-checks in Immigration Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Phil Gingrey stated on July 7, 2014 in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 8, 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." Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Rick Santorum stated on July 13, 2014 in a "Meet the Press" pundit panel: "We are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the United States.)" Cokie Roberts stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "In New York, your chances of getting murdered are 1 in 25,000. In Honduras, it’s 1 in 14." Luis Gutierrez stated on July 13, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined." Lou Dobbs stated on July 1, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight': The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration." Steve King stated on July 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox news: Says "nothing" in Obama’s $3.7 billion request to address the child immigrant situation "actually secures the border." Rick Santorum stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law." Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up." Henry Cuellar stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States. Raul Labrador stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year." Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base: Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty." David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Texas Democratic Party: Says he lived in a colonia while working as a farm worker. Gilberto Hinojosa stated on June 26, 2014 in an interview with KERA News: "The platform of the Republican Party says deport everybody and to hell with it." Rush Limbaugh stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show": "Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border." Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference : Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty." Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations." Battleground Texas stated on June 10, 2014 in an interview on Bloomberg TV: Says Dan Patrick has "called immigration into Texas an invasion" and "said immigrants coming into Texas bring ‘third-world diseases.’" Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet: Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants. Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border." Laura Ingraham stated on June 15, 2014 in a statement on "This Week": Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill." Lamar Smith stated on May 31, 2014 in a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News: "Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes." Laura Ingraham stated on June 3, 2014 in a speech.: U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform." Eric Cantor stated on May 29, 2014 in a campaign email.: Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat. Eric Cantor stated on May 28, 2014 in a campaign mailer: Senate immigration legislation is the "Obama-Reid plan to give illegal immigrants amnesty." Dan Patrick stated on April 28, 2014 in a TV ad: Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants." Julián Castro stated on April 15, 2014 in Univision debate on immigration: Says Dan Patrick "proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation." Rick Scott stated on May 2, 2014 in interviews and news releases: On in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. Rand Paul stated on April 23, 2014 in a news conference: 40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
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Phil Gingrey stated on July 7, 2014 in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 8, 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." Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Rick Santorum stated on July 13, 2014 in a "Meet the Press" pundit panel: "We are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the United States.)" Cokie Roberts stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "In New York, your chances of getting murdered are 1 in 25,000. In Honduras, it’s 1 in 14." Luis Gutierrez stated on July 13, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined." Lou Dobbs stated on July 1, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight': The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration." Steve King stated on July 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox news: Says "nothing" in Obama’s $3.7 billion request to address the child immigrant situation "actually secures the border." Rick Santorum stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law." Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up." Henry Cuellar stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States. Raul Labrador stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year." Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base: Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty." David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Texas Democratic Party: Says he lived in a colonia while working as a farm worker. Gilberto Hinojosa stated on June 26, 2014 in an interview with KERA News: "The platform of the Republican Party says deport everybody and to hell with it." Rush Limbaugh stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show": "Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border." Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference : Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty." Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations." Battleground Texas stated on June 10, 2014 in an interview on Bloomberg TV: Says Dan Patrick has "called immigration into Texas an invasion" and "said immigrants coming into Texas bring ‘third-world diseases.’" Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet: Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants. Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border." Laura Ingraham stated on June 15, 2014 in a statement on "This Week": Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill." Lamar Smith stated on May 31, 2014 in a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News: "Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes." Laura Ingraham stated on June 3, 2014 in a speech.: U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform." Eric Cantor stated on May 29, 2014 in a campaign email.: Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat. Eric Cantor stated on May 28, 2014 in a campaign mailer: Senate immigration legislation is the "Obama-Reid plan to give illegal immigrants amnesty." Dan Patrick stated on April 28, 2014 in a TV ad: Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants." Julián Castro stated on April 15, 2014 in Univision debate on immigration: Says Dan Patrick "proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation." Rick Scott stated on May 2, 2014 in interviews and news releases: On in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. Rand Paul stated on April 23, 2014 in a news conference: 40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
Phil Gingrey stated on July 7, 2014 in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus."
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 8, 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."
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Rick Santorum stated on July 13, 2014 in a "Meet the Press" pundit panel: "We are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the United States.)"
Cokie Roberts stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "In New York, your chances of getting murdered are 1 in 25,000. In Honduras, it’s 1 in 14."
Luis Gutierrez stated on July 13, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined."
Lou Dobbs stated on July 1, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight': The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration."
Steve King stated on July 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox news: Says "nothing" in Obama’s $3.7 billion request to address the child immigrant situation "actually secures the border."
Rick Santorum stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law."
Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
Henry Cuellar stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
Raul Labrador stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."
Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base: Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty."
David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Texas Democratic Party: Says he lived in a colonia while working as a farm worker.
Gilberto Hinojosa stated on June 26, 2014 in an interview with KERA News: "The platform of the Republican Party says deport everybody and to hell with it."
Rush Limbaugh stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show": "Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border."
Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference : Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty."
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations."
Battleground Texas stated on June 10, 2014 in an interview on Bloomberg TV: Says Dan Patrick has "called immigration into Texas an invasion" and "said immigrants coming into Texas bring ‘third-world diseases.’"
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet: Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border."
Laura Ingraham stated on June 15, 2014 in a statement on "This Week": Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill."
Lamar Smith stated on May 31, 2014 in a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News: "Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes."
Laura Ingraham stated on June 3, 2014 in a speech.: U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform."
Eric Cantor stated on May 29, 2014 in a campaign email.: Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat.
Eric Cantor stated on May 28, 2014 in a campaign mailer: Senate immigration legislation is the "Obama-Reid plan to give illegal immigrants amnesty."
Dan Patrick stated on April 28, 2014 in a TV ad: Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants."
Julián Castro stated on April 15, 2014 in Univision debate on immigration: Says Dan Patrick "proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation."
Rick Scott stated on May 2, 2014 in interviews and news releases: On in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
Rand Paul stated on April 23, 2014 in a news conference: 40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
