Oregon Primary Election – May 17, 2016
Summary of Presidential Candidates' Positions on Immigration as of April 21, 2016
Campaign statements by four Presidential candidates are included in the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet mailed out recently to registered voters. Only two of the Presidential candidates mention immigration in their Voters’ Pamphlet statements:
Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton says: “We have to … reform our broken criminal justice and immigration systems.” Republican Party candidate Donald Trump says: “We want free and fair trade. … We must restore the integrity of our national borders. A country cannot exist without strong borders. We will welcome international visitors, but we must build a wall to protect our southern border.”
Differences in Presidential candidates’ positions on immigration policy have been made very clear by NumbersUSA
in their ratings based on voting records if the candidate has been in Congress and on public statements or other actions by the candidates. Presently, Clinton is rated D- and Trump is rated A-. Cruz is rated A, Kasich, D, and Sanders F-.
The five candidates currently in the race all have websites which include contact information.
Hillary Clinton’s website has a lengthy section, “Immigration reform; America needs comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship.”
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/. It describes her plans for immigration policy should she become president, and shows that she favors nearly unlimited immigration and many benefits for illegal aliens already here.
Bernie Sanders’ website has a lengthy section, called “A Fair and Humane Immigration Policy,” at
https://berniesanders.com/a-fair-and-humane-immigration-policy/. There is a brief resume of the points and then a much more detailed version, which shows he would go even further than President Obama in ready acceptance and benefits to illegal aliens.