Issue Position: Immigration and Border Security

Issue Position

Creating a fair path to citizenship while securing our borders.
We must absolutely secure our borders. We have the technology and manpower to do a much better job than we are currently doing.

Immigrants serve as an important part of our communities: living and working here, paying rent, buying food and groceries, and paying taxes. They contribute to the health of shop owners and cities throughout our nation.

I believe undocumented workers that have otherwise observed our laws should be given a reasonable path to legality. This is a policy that historically was supported by Presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Obama - all of whom have proposed ideas as to how to accomplish this.

I strongly support the DREAM act which opens a path of legality to students who have graduated from US high schools and attend college or join the military. Not only is this fair, it will provide our college system with greatly needed additional revenue and our military with a much needed infusion of eager and motivated soldiers.

My opponent's take on how to handle the immigration issue was to appoint a would-be Chief-of-Staff who believes that an undocumented worker who commits any crime should be hanged, and that law-abiding undocumented workers should be denied care at emergency rooms. In his view the child, pregnant woman, or the car accident victim should die without care. Needless to say, I wholeheartedly disagree.

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