CampusElect.org 2018 Gubernatorial coverage: on Immigration

Ben Jealous: Defend DREAMers & champion a pathway to citizenship

Hogan: "Stop targeting innocent kids." "Find a bipartisan, common sense solution to protect DREAMers."

Jealous: Yes. "Defend Dreamers & champion a pathway to citizenship at the federal level." Named "Marylander of the year" for role in securing in-state tuition for undocumented students.

Brian Kemp: End DACA; round up criminal illegals

Abrams: Yes. Advocates a clean DREAM Act legislation with path to citizenship.

Kemp: No. End DACA, which "provides amnesty for illegal immigrants--many of whom are adults, not children, & includes those with criminal records."

Immigration: Support path to citizenship for America's 11 million illegal immigrants?

Abrams: No stand found.

Kemp: No. In ad, said he wants to round up "criminal illegals" in his pickup & take them home himself. Will crack down on illegal immigration.

Stacey Abrams: Advocates a clean DREAM Act

Abrams: Yes. Advocates a clean DREAM Act legislation with path to citizenship.

Kemp: No. End DACA, which "provides amnesty for illegal immigrants--many of whom are adults, not children, & includes those with criminal records."

Immigration: Support path to citizenship for America's 11 million illegal immigrants?

Abrams: No stand found.

Kemp: No. In ad, said he wants to round up "criminal illegals" in his pickup & take them home himself. Will crack down on illegal immigration.

Adam Laxalt: Don't expand DACA to cover parents of DREAMer kids

Adam Laxalt (R): Unclear. In 2015, joined lawsuit challenging expansion to cover parents of DACA kids, though didn't join anti-DACA suit.

Steve Sisolak (D): Yes. "Protect these young people who want nothing more than to be accepted by the only country they've ever known."

Q: Immigration: Support path to citizenship for America's 11 million illegal immigrants?

Adam Laxalt (R): No specific position. Hopes DC representatives "can compromise on solutions that secure our border and take all situations into account."

Steve Sisolak (D): Yes. "Create a workable pathway to citizenship for law-abiding immigrants."

Andrew Gillum: DACA is unconstitutional; opposes any path to citizenship

Ron DeSantis (R): No. Considers DACA unconstitutional. Opposes any path to citizenship.

Andrew Gillum (D): Yes. Can protect national security & "have a secure border without criminalizing" undocumented people. Let them get alternative ID drivers' licenses. Continue in-state tuition.

Bill Lee: Benefits for illegal immigrants is the wrong strategy

Karl Dean (D): Yes. Congress should figure out a solution to retain DACA. Favors in-state tuition for DACA recipients: "They grew up here and went to school and church here. They are Tennesseans."

Bill Lee (R): No. "Setting up additional benefits for illegal immigrants is the wrong strategy." Opposes in-state tuition for DACA recipients.

Q: Immigration: Support path to citizenship for America's 11 million illegal immigrants?

Karl Dean (D): Yes. Supports earned path to citizenship.

Bill Lee (R): No.

Bill Schuette: Joined 2016 lawsuit to block DACA expansion

Bill Schuette (R): Declined to comment during campaign, but joined 2016 lawsuit to block DACA expansion.

Gretchen Whitmer (D): Yes. Supports clean DREAM Act that protects Dreamers from deportation & offers a path to citizenship.

David Garcia: In-state tuition and driver's licenses for DREAMers

Doug Ducey (R): No. His administration refused to grant drivers licenses to DACA recipients, but later was overruled by a federal judge.

David Garcia (D): Yes. Treat "like any other young Arizonans." Ensure "basic supports like in-state tuition or a driver's license are not obstacles to becoming the future business & civic leaders."

Gretchen Whitmer: Protect DREAMers from deportation; offer path to citizenship

Bill Schuette (R): Declined to comment during campaign, but joined 2016 lawsuit to block DACA expansion.

Gretchen Whitmer (D): Yes. Supports clean DREAM Act that protects Dreamers from deportation & offers a path to citizenship.

Jared Polis: Restore DACA: Don't cast 1M aspiring Americans into shadows

Jared Polis (D): Yes. "Outraged" .by Trump's "callous & short-sighted decision" to end DACA & "cast nearly 1 million aspiring Americans back into the shadows." Supports earned path to citizenship for other illegal immigrants, combined with increased border protections.

Walker Stapleton (R): Has said supports Trump proposals, which gave DACA recipients legal status but not path to citizenship in return for building the wall and tightening legal immigration. Has also supported deporting anyone in the country illegally.

Karl Dean: Earned path to citizenship; they are Tennesseans

Karl Dean (D): Yes. Congress should figure out a solution to retain DACA. Favors in-state tuition for DACA recipients: "They grew up here and went to school and church here. They are Tennesseans."

Bill Lee (R): No. "Setting up additional benefits for illegal immigrants is the wrong strategy." Opposes in-state tuition for DACA recipients.

Q: Immigration: Support path to citizenship for America's 11 million illegal immigrants?

Karl Dean (D): Yes. Supports earned path to citizenship.

Bill Lee (R): No.

Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Supports earned path to citizenship for DREAMers and others

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Worked to protect their status. Supports earned path to citizenship, for DACA recipients and illegal immigrants in general.

Steve Pearce (R): Yes. On DACA, proposed 10-year "conditional protected status" with option to renew but no path to citizenship. Supports guest worker program, without amnesty.

Mike DeWine: Supports DREAMers; but let President decide

Richard Cordray (D): Yes. Embrace DACA recipients & create "pathways to citizenship for all immigrants who love & respect

Richard Cordray: Pathways to citizenship for all immigrants who love America

Richard Cordray (D): Yes. Embrace DACA recipients & create "pathways to citizenship for all immigrants who love & respect

Ron DeSantis: DACA is unconstitutional; opposes any path to citizenship

Ron DeSantis (R): No. Considers DACA unconstitutional. Opposes any path to citizenship. DACA "amnesty" would further incentivize illegal immigration & chain migration. Fire officials who abet sanctuary cities.

Andrew Gillum (D): Yes. Can protect national security "without criminalizing" undocumented people.

Scott Walker: Stripped in-state tuition from DREAMer students

Tony Evers (D): Yes. Criticized Walker for supporting an end to DACA protections.

Scott Walker (R): Stripped in-state tuition from DACA students. "Should be no amnesty" for illegal immigrants.

Steve Pearce: Supports earned path to citizenship over a 10-year period

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Worked to protect their status. Supports earned path to citizenship, for DACA recipients and illegal immigrants in general.

Steve Pearce (R): Yes. On DACA, proposed 10-year "conditional protected status" with option to renew but no path to citizenship. Supports guest worker program, without amnesty.

Steve Sisolak: Workable pathway to citizenship for law-abiding immigrants

Adam Laxalt (R): Unclear. In 2015, joined lawsuit challenging expansion to cover parents of DACA kids, though didn't join anti-DACA suit.

Steve Sisolak (D): Yes. "Protect these young people who want nothing more than to be accepted by the only country they've ever known."

Q: Immigration: Support path to citizenship for America's 11 million illegal immigrants?

Adam Laxalt (R): No specific position. Hopes DC representatives "can compromise on solutions that secure our border and take all situations into account."

Steve Sisolak (D): Yes. "Create a workable pathway to citizenship for law-abiding immigrants."

Tim Walz: Give DREAMers a path to citizenship

Jeff Johnson (R): Unknown.

Tim Walz (D): Yes. Sees a need to address DACA & protect Dreamers. Wants to provide them with a path t

Tom Wolf: Supports having a Pennsylvania DREAM Act

Scott Wagner (R): No statements found on DREAM Act.

Tom Wolf (D): Yes. Supports having a Pennsylvania DREAM Act.

Tony Evers: Protect DREAMers brought to US illegally as kids

Tony Evers (D): Yes. Criticized Walker for supporting an end to DACA protections.

Scott Walker (R): Stripped in-state tuition from DACA students. "Should be no amnesty" for illegal immigrants.

Walker Stapleton: Deport anyone in the country illegally

Jared Polis (D): Yes. "Outraged" .by Trump's "callous & short-sighted decision" to end DACA & "cast nearly 1 million aspiring Americans back into the shadows." Supports earned path to citizenship for other illegal immigrants, combined with increased border protections.

Walker Stapleton (R): Has said supports Trump proposals, which gave DACA recipients legal status but not path to citizenship in return for building the wall and tightening legal immigration. Has also supported deporting anyone in the country illegally.

The above quotations are from CampusElect.org 2018 Campus Election Engagement Project. Click here for definitions & background information on Immigration. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Charlie Baker on Immigration.
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