Ned Lamont on Immigration Democratic Challenger

Focus on employers hiring, not on building fences

A: When it comes to securing our border which so important, you can militarize the border like George Bush says, you can put up fences and walls, but as long as you have employees hiring illegals, people will be coming across the border and looking for a better opportunity for their kids. Under the Bush administration, we have cut down on the number of employer enforcements & that’s why we have a lot of the illegal immigration that we have today.

Give illegal immigrants a path to earned citizenship

I think we have got to be careful about [saying] the guest workers are doing jobs that Americans just won’t do. You pay a decent wage with decent benefits, you’ll find Americans are willing to do these jobs