“Says a 2007 immigration bill "was opposed by (the League of United Latin American Citizens), the largest Latino organization in America. The Southern Poverty Law Center called its guest-worker programs akin to slavery. … And you know who voted with me on that one, Joe? Barack Obama.”
Bernie Sanders
Democratic presidential candidate. in a Democratic presidential primary debate. Claim dated 15 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
In short
Bernie Sanders (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 15 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 March 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Bernie Sanders has 49 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 35 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
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