Top Five Untruths Of The Immigration Debate

Top 5 Falsehoods Of The Immigration Debate
UNITED STATES - June 27: Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John McCain, R-AZ.,Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. five of the authors of the immigration reform bill crafted by the Senate's bipartisan 'Gang of Eight,' during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2013, after the final vote in the Senate on immigration reform. The Senate passed historic immigration legislation that would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system and require a tough new focus on border security. (Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - June 27: Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John McCain, R-AZ.,Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. five of the authors of the immigration reform bill crafted by the Senate's bipartisan 'Gang of Eight,' during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2013, after the final vote in the Senate on immigration reform. The Senate passed historic immigration legislation that would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system and require a tough new focus on border security. (Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)

From fence opt-out clauses to free phones for immigrants, PolitiFact has tracked the rhetoric of the immigration debate — and heard plenty of falsehoods.

With a bill now heading to the House, we decided to recap PolitiFact’s top five falsehoods in the immigration debate.

1986 amnesty assured Obama’s re-election? A popular line of attack for the Senate bill is that it’ll be 1986 all over again — amnesty for illegal immigrants, without enforcement to prevent a new wave of people crossing the southwestern border. U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, went a step further, claiming President Ronald Reagan shaped the nation’s electoral future.

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