December 19, 2011 11:19 am ET filed under Fact Check
2011's Top Five Immigration Myths
As the 2012 GOP presidential primary race continues and as fallout over state-based anti-immigrant laws occurs, anti-immigration rhetoric has heated up on both the state and national level, with public figures perpetuating a number of myths that previously circulated primarily among xenophobic organizations. Political Correction has rounded up this year's top five myths about immigration, which focus on immigrant voter fraud, prosecutorial discretion, in-state tuition laws, building a border fence, and mass deportations. A closer look at these myths shows what you might expect — that they're based in expedient political rhetoric and not on facts.
December 08, 2011 5:41 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Virginia Foxx: For-Profit Colleges Are More Effective
December 08, 2011 4:01 pm ET filed under Blog
Not So Fast: Gov. Scott's $1 Billion Education Increase Isn't What It Seems
November 30, 2011 4:00 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Woodall On Federal Education Aid: If College Is So Valuable, "Why Do We Have To Pay People To Do It?"
November 22, 2011 9:39 pm ET filed under Video
Santorum Answers Question On High-Skilled Immigration By Rambling About Reaganomics
From the November 22, 2011, CNN Republican National Security Debate:
November 03, 2011 1:20 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Rokita: People Who Say The Rich Aren't Paying Fair Share "Are Going To Come After The Middle Class"
From a November 2, 2011, statement by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives:
October 25, 2011 12:13 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert Suggests Being "In Government Service" Made Him Too Poor To Afford His Kids' Colleges
October 11, 2011 5:50 pm ET filed under Blog
What Mitt Romney Won't Say About In-State Tuition
October 11, 2011 4:20 pm ET filed under Fact Check
The Facts About Texas' In-State Tuition Law
In 2001, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a law granting in-state tuition benefits to undocumented immigrants. Now that Perry is running for president, his critics, including GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney, are using Perry's support for the law to accuse him of being insufficiently tough on immigration. However, Texas' in-state tuition law is both good for the economy and legally sound. Given those facts, critics like Romney should explain why Perry's judgment about the best policy for Texas was wrong instead of simply pandering to anti-immigrant sentiment among GOP primary voters.
September 29, 2011 4:14 pm ET filed under Blog
Gov. Perry Has Slashed Funding For Public Education He Says Was His "Key To The Future"
September 22, 2011 9:58 pm ET filed under Video
Romney Claims Need For "Smaller Classroom Size" Is A Bogus Union Talking Point
From the September 22, 2011, GOP Presidential Fox News/Google debate:
August 31, 2011 2:28 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert Blames Obama For Corporate Tax Dodging, BP Spill
July 06, 2011 4:38 pm ET filed under Blog
Alabama Immigration Law Could Force Education Cuts
March 23, 2011 4:47 pm ET filed under Blog
Gov. Scott Knows "What People Want," Cuts It Anyway
March 15, 2011 4:00 pm ET filed under Blog
Florida County's School Sports Fall Under Gov. Scott's Budget Axe
December 13, 2010 12:53 pm ET filed under Blog
Rick Scott: With Expanded Voucher Program, "Public Schools Will Just Simply Get Better"
October 21, 2010 1:13 pm ET filed under Blog
What Would Scontras Cut? Education And Children's Health Care
October 20, 2010 12:53 pm ET filed under Ad Check
NRSC Denies Voters Crucial Details With Anti-Giannoulias Ad
With an ad attacking Illinois Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias (D), the National Republican Senatorial Committee provides a textbook example of lying by omission. The ad relies on closely cropped audio of Giannoulias stating as state treasurer, "We need an income tax increase." The context the NRSC fails to provide, however, is that Giannoulias would have no power over a change in Illinois' state income tax if elected to the U.S. Senate, just as he had no such power as state treasurer; Giannoulias merely offered a recommendation on state educational funding. Nor does the NRSC bother to tell you that Giannoulias also suggested lowering property taxes to offset an income tax increase. The ad omits further details to suggest that Giannoulias evaded paying his taxes and to unfairly blame him for issues with Illinois' Bright Start program.
October 15, 2010 7:46 pm ET filed under Ad Check
NRCC Launches Clueless Attack On Allen Boyd
National Republican Congressional Committee is out with an ad attacking Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL) for supporting health care reform. It accuses him of helping to shut down a local loan processing facility and of cutting more than $500 billion from Medicare. However, Boyd was opposed to the provision of health care reform that included student loan reform. More importantly, health care reform strengthens Medicare without cutting seniors' benefits.
October 13, 2010 1:25 pm ET filed under Blog
Heritage Foundation Analyst Makes Up Statistics (Updated)
September 15, 2010 4:29 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Vitter: The DREAM Act Is Nothing More Than "Amnesty"
August 18, 2010 5:43 pm ET filed under Blog
Heritage Foundation Cites Poll Discrediting The Policies It Advances
July 15, 2010 11:52 am ET filed under Fact Check
Kobach Used Anti-Mexican Immigrant Book In His Course Curriculum
As a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school, Kris Kobach assigned students the book Who Are We? by Samuel Huntington. The text, written by Kobach's mentor Huntington, includes passages arguing that Mexican immigration is the cause of the immigration problems in the United States, that all Mexican immigrants should learn English and convert to Evangelical Protestantism, and cautions readers against the rising threat of a Reconquista.
July 15, 2010 11:40 am ET filed under Fact Check
Kobach Is Fighting To Prevent Illegal Immigrant Students From Paying In-State Tuition
Kansas Republican Kris Kobach, an attorney for FAIR and co-author of SB 1070, has spent a considerable amount of time addressing the tuition rates offered to university students who are illegal immigrants. So far, Kobach has inserted himself into the issue in at least three separate states - leaving a trail of lawsuits and appeals behind him.
May 21, 2010 4:23 pm ET filed under Blog
Texas Board Of Education Prayer: As Long As We Live As A Christian Nation, "No Great Harm Can Come To Our Country"
May 12, 2010 3:28 pm ET filed under Fact Check
New AZ Law Prohibits Latino Curriculum That Benefits Students
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a new bill into law that specifically targets Latino citizens and residents, prohibiting Arizona school districts from teaching Latino-specific curriculum. However, the Arizona legislature and executive office failed to recognize that students enrolled in the now prohibited courses actually do better in school than their peers.
April 27, 2010 4:06 pm ET filed under Blog
Republicans Want It Both Ways On Government Programs
