Immigration in the Election Year
The challenges and blocks to President Obama’s executive orders regarding immigration policy earlier this summer demonstrate how immigration is an ongoing issue in politics. In fact, immigration has played an extremely key role in the 2016 presidential election, with both candidates regularly speaking about their immigration policy plans. The following is a brief overview of the stance of each major presidential candidate’s viewpoints on immigration as they have expressed in the media.
Donald Trump – Donald Trump began his campaign announcing his plans to build a giant wall across the entire southern border of the United States. In addition, he has stated that he plans to deal with anyone entering the United States unlawfully “very firmly.” As for the millions of undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S., Trump supports deportation for those who have committed crimes and has changed his mind regarding those with no criminal history. Originally, Trump stated he wanted to provide few options for undocumented immigrants, however, recently he stated he plans to “work with them,” though there will be “no citizenship” opportunities provided. Trump would limit the number of new immigrants allowed in, citing terrorism concerns, and blamed the Orlando Pulse shooting on immigration, even though the shooter was born in the U.S.
Hillary Clinton – Hillary Clinton has taken quite a difference stance on immigration reform from her major competitor. She supports many immigration policies that are supported by the Obama administration that aim to keep families together and to focus deportation on border control efforts and for immigrants who have committed serious crimes. She does believe in providing a path to both lawful permanent residency and even to citizenship, even for immigrants who have unlawfully lived in the U.S. for years. Clinton has stated she believes keeping families together is important and even said she would increase the number of Syrian refugees who would be welcomed into the U.S.
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