Issue Position: Illegal Immigration

Issue Position

Ours is a great and generous nation. No one can match the help America has brought to countries around the world. And no one can match America's willingness to embrace people from all over the world who want to join our great democratic society.

But where do we draw the line? What's reasonable when illegal activity threatens our national security or overwhelms our small cities and towns?

Speaking from years of experience, I can say that illegal immigration and the problems caused by it hurt small cities and towns. Illegal aliens use services provided by communities but they do not pay their fair share in taxes.

We need to stop the flow of illegal aliens across our borders and through our airports and seaports.

We need to crack down on fraudulent documents and the criminals who make them.

I think it's reasonable that people show proof of citizenship before getting a driver's license. I think employers should be penalized for hiring illegal aliens. I think that if a person is in this country illegally and further breaks our laws, after that person serves his or her time here, he or she should be sent back to his or her own country.

Americans are reasonable people looking for reasonable guidelines to protect our country and communities.

As your congressman, I will lead the charge to take reasonable steps to secure our borders, secure our documents, and secure jobs for legal American citizens.

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