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Mike Lee on Immigration
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Enforce job laws and illegal immigrants will go home
On the immigration front, Bradley endorsed rounding up all immigrants here illegally and sending them home. Lee opposed that, but called for tougher enforcement of immigration laws to pressure them to go home."If we enforce laws more faithfully,"
Lee said, "jobs will dry up and they will go home."
Granato called for compassion and development of comprehensive immigration reform. "I do not believe in ripping families apart," he said. "We need to have compassion as we fix this."
Lee and
Bradley also opposed the DREAM Act, which would allow children brought to America by undocumented immigrant parents to qualify for legal residency if they attend and complete college. "I don't believe we should be offering any benefit to people who come
here in violation of our laws," Lee said.
Granato countered that the legislation would help children who have known no country except the United States. "I am fully in favor of the DREAM Act," he said.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune coverage of 2010 Utah Senate debate
, Sep 17, 2010
Repeal 14th amendment; no "anchor babies"
Sam Granato said he would strongly oppose any effort to repeal or alter the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which grants citizenship to all individuals born on US soil. "We need to fix our broken immigration system, but carelessly repealing important
portions of our Constitution is not the way to do it. We need to enact comprehensive, common sense immigration reform on the federal level that addresses the real issues at the core of this problem--insufficient border security, a legal immigration
process strangled by bureaucratic red tape, and the complicated task of resolving the legal status of those already here. These are the pressing issues Congress should be focusing on, not knee-jerk reactions that don't actually solve the problem,"
Granato said.Granato's statement comes on the heels of numerous comments by his opponent, Mike Lee, over the past several months indicating his support for repealing the 14th Amendment to prevent the citizenship of what he calls "anchor babies."
Source: Campaign press release, "14th Amendment"
, Aug 13, 2010
No guest workers; no amnesty
[The federal government should] make clear that illegal aliens will not receive amnesty in any form, and must return to their own countries before applying for a visa; illegal aliens should receive no benefit from having entered the
United States illegally, and should not be granted guest-worker visas or the opportunity to "purchase" lawful immigration status.
Source: 2010 Senate campaign website, www.mikelee2010.com, "Issues"
, Jul 19, 2010
Secure the southern border with infrastructure investment
The Constitution makes clear that the federal government is responsible for making and enforcing laws governing immigration. The federal government has dropped the ball in this area, allowing--and in some instances even encouraging--tens of millions of
people to enter our borders illegally. Congress needs to fix this problem by: - Investing in the technology, personnel, and physical infrastructure necessary to secure the southern border
- Enforcing existing immigration laws
- Improving and
promoting the use of E-Verify--a nationwide immigration-status verification system designed to enable employers to ascertain quickly and accurately whether would-be employees are authorized to work in the US
- Mandating and enforcing the denial of
federal and state welfare benefits to illegal immigrants
- Clarify the original intent of the citizenship clause through legislation specifying that children born to illegal-alien parents in the US are not entitled to automatic citizenship.
Source: 2010 Senate campaign website, www.mikelee2010.com, "Issues"
, Jul 19, 2010
Endorsed by the ALI, indicating a strongly anti-amnesty stance.
Lee is endorsed by by ALIPAC, Americans for Legal Immigration
ALIPAC supporters have a diverse range of opinions, yet we are united in the belief that more should be done to reduce illegal immigration. ALIPAC supports those that legally immigrate, but we DO NOT support any amnesty, visa expansion, or "Guest Worker" program designed to reward illegal aliens or legalize their presence in the US. We support a peaceful, non racist, rule of law approach to resolving illegal immigration. America is a land of generous and caring people, but our hospitality and values are being strained and abused by those who are willing to break the law and take our jobs and our tax dollars. America's illegal alien population will begin to shrink instead of grow if we support candidates that will reflect the will of the vast majority of American citizens.
FOUR POINT PLATFORM: "Simply enforce our existing immigration laws!" - Secure Our Borders
- Crack down on employers that intentionally hire illegals
- Remove incentives and rewards to illegals such as licenses, welfare, and other taxpayer benefits
- Enforce our existing laws and deport illegal aliens when convicted of crimes or detected during routine law enforcement activities.
Source: ALI website 10-ALI on Nov 2, 2010
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