Immigration Policy Statement
I have zero intention of ever supporting the mass deportation of over eleven million human beings from the United States of America. As a person of Hispanic heritage, I know first hand that immigrants can succeed beyond their wildest dreams when they are given the opportunity for success. This is what we should continue to encourage, instead of turning against one other because of the color of our skin. Our country can and will be better than the rhetoric we hear from blatantly racist President Trump and the republican leadership about undocumented workers. Besides the obvious moral implications of a mass deportation, there would be huge economic repercussions from such an event that could send our country spiraling downwards.
E. Pluribus Unum; out of many, one. We are not a country that should be rejecting people on the basis of discrimination yet that is exactly the republican policy. Contrary to what Donald Trump says, the Mexicans are not “raping, killing, and stealing.” In fact, we rely on the hard work and labor that immigrants often provide to our country. To “send them back” would be disastrous. I will fight with every fiber of being to ensure that if you live in America and are working, paying taxes, contributing to the economy, and are a law abiding citizen that you are not sent away from your family and that you are treated equally under our law.
We live in a society of inclusion. We never need to shun away individuals who wish to come to this country, contribute, and have their own opportunity as success. That is the core of the American Dream. I know all men are created equal and this is the mentality I will bring to Washington.
Instead of isolating from one another, lets begin to bring neighbors together by encouraging a reformed immigration system that allows those playing by the rules to have a fair path to citizenship and to help phase in any law abiding and contributing individual already here. And, if you are born in the United States it goes without saying you are already legally a citizen.
I will always support comprehensive immigration reform and will continue to advocate for the human rights of any person living in the US. We know that our country works better when all people are working together. Out of many, one.
E. Pluribus Unum; out of many, one. We are not a country that should be rejecting people on the basis of discrimination yet that is exactly the republican policy. Contrary to what Donald Trump says, the Mexicans are not “raping, killing, and stealing.” In fact, we rely on the hard work and labor that immigrants often provide to our country. To “send them back” would be disastrous. I will fight with every fiber of being to ensure that if you live in America and are working, paying taxes, contributing to the economy, and are a law abiding citizen that you are not sent away from your family and that you are treated equally under our law.
We live in a society of inclusion. We never need to shun away individuals who wish to come to this country, contribute, and have their own opportunity as success. That is the core of the American Dream. I know all men are created equal and this is the mentality I will bring to Washington.
Instead of isolating from one another, lets begin to bring neighbors together by encouraging a reformed immigration system that allows those playing by the rules to have a fair path to citizenship and to help phase in any law abiding and contributing individual already here. And, if you are born in the United States it goes without saying you are already legally a citizen.
I will always support comprehensive immigration reform and will continue to advocate for the human rights of any person living in the US. We know that our country works better when all people are working together. Out of many, one.
