claim: the number of illegal immigrants "could be 3 million. it could be 30 million."
author: donald trump
evidence_1: sep 2, 2016 ... "the central issue is not the needs of the 11 million illegal immigrants or however  many there may be -- and honestly we've been hearing that number for years," he  said during his speech on wednesday. "it's always 11 million. our government  has no idea. it could be 3 million. it could be 30 million.
evidence_2: jul 28, 2015 ... in other words, if there were three times the generally accepted number of illegal  immigrants in the united states, they would show up in those other categories.  marc rosenblum of the migration policy institute, a think tank that doesn't take  positions on immigration legislation, said that 30 million "is a totally ...
evidence_3: nov 14, 2016 ... washington — president-elect donald j. trump's promise to deport two  million to three million immigrants who have committed crimes suggested that he  would dramatically step up removals of both people in the united states illegally  and those with legal status. if carried out, the plan potentially would ...
evidence_4: sep 20, 2016 ... 11.1 million, according to the most recent estimate. by elise foley. mandel  ngan/afp/getty images. gop presidential nominee donald trump recently said  the number of undocumented immigrants in the u.s. “could be 3 million. it could  be 30 million. they have no idea what the number is.” ...
evidence_5: the reporting in this excerpt from infowars.com is typical: three million votes in  the u.s. presidential election were cast by illegal aliens, according to greg  phillips of the votefraud.org organization. if true, this would mean that donald  trump still won the contest despite widespread vote fraud and almost certainly  won the ...