State of West Virginia secondary Archives: on Immigration
Jay Wolfe:
Establish English as the official national language
Wolfe indicates support of the following principles regarding immigration. - Establish English as the official national language.
- Support a temporary worker program.
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Support harsher financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
- Illegal immigrants should have to return to their countries of origin before being considered for citizenship.
Source: West Virginia Congressional 2008 Political Courage Test
Aug 8, 2008
Jim Justice:
Attacks Democrats for not supporting border security
"What is he asking for? He's asking for something that will help all of us, to protect our borders, to keep the bad stuff out," he continued. "And what is the other side doing?
The other side is just hitting back and saying no because we don't like you. We're not going to do it because we don't like you." Justice claimed the amount of money the president is asking for is more than reasonable.
Source: The Daily Caller on 2020 West Virginia gubernatorial race
Jan 24, 2019
Jim Justice:
I hope and pray we never have sanctuary cities here
Now, I know this is probably not going to be real popular with some, but really it is so easy. It is so easy to just watch me. You know, I do stand like a rock with our president in regard to things that he stands for, like legal--and
I say legal--immigration. I absolutely believe that sanctuary cities do not have a place here in West Virginia, and I hope and pray they never come.
Source: 2020 West Virginia State of the State address
Jan 8, 2020
Joe Manchin III:
Give DREAMers a path to citizenship
Q: Support DREAM Act (DACA), allowing "Dreamers" who arrived illegally as children, to achieve legal status if meet certain conditions?Joe Manchin (D): Yes. Member of bipartisan group who proposed legislation to give Dreamers path to citizenship
while allocating $25 billion for border security.
Patrick Morrisey (R): No. "Lax immigration laws pose a security risk to our homeland." Joined lawsuit against DACA, calling it an unlawful, unilateral Obama action.
Source: 2018 CampusElect Issue Guide on West Virginia Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
John Buckley:
Create a mechanism to normalize people already here
Q: Immigration is another big issue right now. Is that a thing in your campaign?A: That's a tough issue. To the extent voters perceive that open immigration is going to come at their expense, they are wary of the direction the country is heading with
the borders and immigration. As a libertarian I'm kind of caught in the middle, perhaps not as ideological as some of my brethren. Welcoming hard-working immigrants is part and parcel of the character of America, but at the same time figuring out how to
afford keeping ourselves a beacon for those across the world and to continue to fight against the welfare society. We have to create a mechanism to normalize people already here in a way that doesn't contravene one of our principles, which is rule of
law. That does not set the stage for more in the future to say, get in illegal and stick around long enough, so really there are no laws against illegal immigration. I don't know how to do that.
Source: Reason magazine Q&A on 2014 West Virginia Senate race
Jul 24, 2014
Natalie Tennant:
Secure the borders first, then send illegals to back of line
Q: Do you support any sort of pathway to citizenship for people who are in this country illegally?
Capito: "I do not support amnesty, plain and simple. I believe that it is incumbent upon us to secure our borders before we move forward into any other comprehensive immigration plan."
Tennant: "We need to address this piece of (immigration reform) legislation that was bipartisan and worked on so hard by so many senators but first off, we have to secure the borders.
We must secure the borders. We must make those who are in this country (illegally) get to the back of the line, learn English and pay taxes."
Source: WV MetroNews on 2014 West Virginia Senate debate
Oct 8, 2014
Patrick Morrisey:
Aggressive efforts against illegal immigration
The country's lax immigration laws pose a security risk to our homeland. Morrisey successfully filed suit against the Obama amnesty program and opposes sanctuary cities. He believes we need a comprehensive plan to tackle illegal immigration and
protect our country, including more aggressive efforts to track the flow of visitors; building a wall; establishing more thorough vetting of security risks, and pushing greater coordination between law enforcement agencies.
Source: 2018 West Virginia Senatorial website PatrickMorrisey.com
Oct 1, 2017
Patrick Morrisey:
Lax immigration laws pose a security risk to our homeland
Q: Support DREAM Act (DACA), allowing "Dreamers" who arrived illegally as children, to achieve legal status if meet certain conditions?Joe Manchin (D): Yes. Member of bipartisan group who proposed legislation to give Dreamers path to citizenship
while allocating $25 billion for border security.
Patrick Morrisey (R): No. "Lax immigration laws pose a security risk to our homeland." Joined lawsuit against DACA, calling it an unlawful, unilateral Obama action.
Source: 2018 CampusElect Issue Guide on West Virginia Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
Paula Jean Swearengin:
Create swift, secure path to citizenship
One of our great strengths as a society is our healthy population growth thanks to immigration. The idea that America would be better off deporting 11 million contributors to our society and economy is ludicrous. Immigrants pay taxes and perform
millions of important jobs. We need them. We should establish legal immigration centers around the world to recruit the best working families in Latin America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere to join us.
Source: 2018 West Virginia Senate campaign website PaulaJean2018.com
Jul 17, 2017
Richard Ojeda:
Taking benefits from illegal immigrants sounds good
When you hear about illegal aliens getting benefits and you have people here starving to death and can't get nothing, it's just a slap in the face. When you start talking about bringing in refugees and when they get here they get medical and dental and
they get set up with some funds--what do we get? So when people hear Donald Trump saying we're going to take benefits away from people who come here illegally and give them to people who work, that sounds pretty good.
Source: New Yorker magazine on 2020 West Virginia Senate race
Oct 3, 2016
Shelley Moore Capito:
Secure the borders first, then comprehensive reform
Q: Do you support any sort of pathway to citizenship for people who are in this country illegally?
Capito: "I do not support amnesty, plain and simple. I believe that it is incumbent upon us to secure our borders before we move forward into any other comprehensive immigration plan."
Tennant: "We need to address this piece of (immigration reform) legislation that was bipartisan and worked on so hard by so many senators but first off, we have to secure the borders.
We must secure the borders. We must make those who are in this country (illegally) get to the back of the line, learn English and pay taxes."
Source: WV MetroNews on 2014 West Virginia Senate debate
Oct 8, 2014
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