And the idea that unauthorized immigrants will pour into the country to vote is flawed for a few reasons: For one, undocumented immigrants are not allowed to vote. And while conservatives have long accused undocumented immigrants of committing voter fraud, a 2013 report found that that very rarely happens. The National Border Patrol Council has been very critical of the Obama administration for not being sufficiently committed to deportations. Last year, the group falsely accused the president of “threatening” border patrol agents to implement his executive actions on immigration. White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters he had not seen Trump’s comments accusing undocumented immigrants of coming to the U.S. to vote, according to a pool report.

Source: Huffington Post October 07, 2016 16:52 UTC