Statement·policy plan·said 2017-09-17
“If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2017-09-26Reasoning
Cotton's 3 million projection rests on speculative family-sponsorship assumptions; the 1986 amnesty also enabled relatives to gain status, making the head-to-head comparison misleading.
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