Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidates on Immigration
May 23, 2019Joe Biden:
Allow citizenship for DREAMers.
Focus on refugee asylum seekers at home in Northern Triangle.
Cory Booker:
Support DREAMers, reform immigration to reflect our values.
Supports DACA and DREAMers.
Pete Buttigieg:
Most Americans are immigrants or their descendants.
Julian Castro:
Asylum seekers have the right to be heard.
Secure the border by using technology, not a wall.
Compassion for refugees, pathway for those here.
John Delaney:
Ending DACA program was cruel, heartless and mean-spirited.
Tulsi Gabbard:
2015: Favor Christian over Islamic refugees.
Kirsten Gillibrand:
Treat asylum seekers humanely; reform process.
Reimagine ICE; support DREAMers.
2006: anti-illegal alien; 2019: diversity is our strength.
Blue Dog: opposed sanctuary cities & opposed amnesty.
Reunite families ripped apart at the border.
2000s: opposed amnesty for undocumented immigrants.
Pathway to citizenship for DREAMers.
Pathway to citizenship gets immigrants connected.
Kamala Harris:
Re-examine ICE & start from scratch.
No border wall in any comprehensive bill.
John Hickenlooper:
Family separation policy is cruel and un-American.
Need a comprehensive reevaluation of our immigration laws.
Jay Inslee:
Choose greatness instead of stoking fear among immigrants.
Illegal immigration not a national emergency.
Amy Klobuchar:
Increase legal immigration but don't abolish ICE.
Immigrants crucial to labor & management.
Beto O`Rourke:
Stop refugee issue by dealing with what's driving them here.
Path to citizenship for all DREAMers.
End separating kids; make DREAMers citizens.
Opposes "open borders," but new wall unnecessary.
Condemns President Trump's wall; "Walls end lives".
Raise cap on work visas; find pathway to citizenship.
Bernie Sanders:
Restructure ICE; don't necessarily abolish it.
Marianne Williamson:
Need to examine how US policy created border crisis.
Andrew Yang:
Immigrants make US stronger and more dynamic.
Need more case workers & judges at southern border.
Boost funding for U.S. ports of entry.
Source: OnTheIssues.org