claim: the 2013 immigration bill "expanded president obama’s ability to bring syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: feb 3, 2016 ... as slate demonstrated in an exhaustive time line, cruz's story about his own role  in the 2013 fight is bogus. but on ... cruz told the crowd in windham: “the bill  expanded president obama's ability to bring syrian refugees to this country  without mandating any meaningful background checks.” in reality, the ...
evidence_2: false. still not accurate. ted cruz · the 2013 immigration bill "expanded  president obama's ability to bring syrian refugees to this country without  mandating any meaningful background checks." — politifact national on  wednesday, february 3rd, 2016. false. single-payer ≠ obamacare ≠ whatever  trump is proposing.
evidence_3: may 16, 2017 ... contributing a portion of the premiums they collect from policyholders. [43.5/56.5].  21. [f] the 2013 immigration bill expanded president obama's ability to bring  syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background  checks. [46/54]. 22. [f] under the current procedure, if someone on ...
evidence_4: jan 15, 2016 ... the bill would have made it easier for members of certain groups to qualify as  refugees, but they would still be subject to background checks. ..... senate  immigration bill that rubio cosponsored “expanded barack obama's power to let  in syrian refugees … without mandating meaningful background checks.
evidence_5: list documents fifty lies told by barack obama. ... a list circulating online contains  50 false statements by president barack obama see example( s ) .... has recently  claimed to be barack obama's cousin, but there is no substantive evidence  documenting his claim, and the two men share no meaningful familial connection .