Mitt Romney's Biggest Truths and Burning Lies

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  • Claim: Obama Failed to Deliver Immigration Bill in First Year
  • Claim: American's Income Has Declined Under Obama
  • Claim: "47 Percent of Americans Pay No Income Tax."
  • Claim: Obama Favors "Green Jobs" Over Education
  • Claim: Obama Bashed McCain for Cost-Saving Medicare Policies
  • Claim: Romney Claims Obama Raised Taxes on the Middle Class
  • Claim: Obama Has Never Visited Israel as President
  • Claim: GM Used Bailout Money to Outsource Jobs to China
  • Claim: Obama Promised to Cut Deficit in Half
  • Claim: Obama's "Apology Tour"

Claim: Obama Failed to Deliver Immigration Bill in First Year

BET.com fact-checks Mitt Romney.  – Britt Middleton

TRUE: During the second presidential debate Romney said President Obama broke his promise to introduce a comprehensive immigration bill by the end of his first year in office. Then-Sen. Obama did make this claim in a 2008 interview, but didn't deliver until June 2012, when he introduced a policy that halts the deportation young immigrants in America.

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