Accurate facts and statistics are crucial to a rational immigration debate. We've created a weekly update to keep you informed of the latest reports and Fact Checks pertaining to the national conversation on immigration. Sign up for our newsletter today!
Studies from the Immigrant Policy Center, Public Policy Institute of California, and Harvard Professor Robert Sampson have each found that immigrants in general commit fewer crimes and are incarcerated at a lower rate than native-born citizens.
Selected Postings

Anti-Immigrant Tragedy in Pennsylvania

July 21, 2008A 25-year-old father of three with roots in Mexico died last week from injuries he suffered in an altercation in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, an incident some say was racially motivated.  Several witnesses report they heard the attackers yell ethnic slurs as they kicked and stomped on the victim. MORE

CT Commission Ruling Prevents Anti-Immigrant Activists from Endangering Immigrants

July 17, 2008A common claim anti-immigrant groups make is that their activities do not endanger immigrants. A Connecticut Commission, however, has ruled that immigrants would be put in harm’s way if these groups got their way in the city of New Haven. MORE

Anti-Immigrant Organizations Try Environmental Spin

July 15, 2008The Southern Poverty Law Center recently criticized two high-profile ads placed in The New York Times and The Nation. Produced by a coalition that includes three listed “hate groups,” the ads attempt to blame traffic congestion and global deforestation on recent immigration to the United States. MORE

SPECIAL REPORT: Truth In Immigration Responds to CIS Backgrounder Targeting Foreign Students

July 11, 2008The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has a history of misrepresenting facts concerning immigrants and Latinos. Now, in a recently released “backgrounder,” CIS targets foreign students. The backgrounder questions the accuracy of a 2007 Institute for International Education (IIE) report, which concludes that foreign students contribute billions of dollars to the U.S. economy. MORE

Fundraising with Lies

June 11, 2008A TII subscriber recently faxed us a mailer he received from the United States Justice Foundation. The mailer contains a letter with alarming and false information about undocumented immigrants, and then urges the reader to sign a petition and send money to the organization. MORE

VIDEO: Lou Dobbs vs. Lou Dobbs

May 27, 2008On May 15, 2008, Lou Dobbs claimed that a voluntary employment verification system, commonly known as Basic Pilot or E-Verify, “works,” despite mounting evidence the system contains major flaws, and despite contrary assessments from his own show and other news programs on CNN. MORE

UPDATED: Et Tu, Katie?

April 17, 2008On April 7, 2008, Katie Couric and CBS Evening News took a page from the Lou Dobbs playbook in presenting a misleading and inaccurate portrayal of the role of immigrants in U.S. society. MORE

Leprosy and Lou: Fact-Checking Lou Dobbs - VIDEO

March 20, 2008Lou stumbles to justify his use of false “facts” connecting leprosy with undocumented immigrants. Special appearance by “credible source” Madeleine Cosman. MORE

Undocumented Immigrants DO Have Legal Rights - VIDEO

March 19, 2008Undocumented immigrants DO have legal rights under the U.S. Constitution and federal statute. The Constitution was written to protect “all persons” residing in the U.S., not just citizens. MORE