2018 DE Senate race: on Immigration


Rob Arlett: For immigration reform: keep illegals out & welcome legals

As the Husband of a legal immigrant from Vietnam, Rob knows that immigration can be great for America. ˙Rob knows that we must respect our country's laws and border security to ensure that all people who want to come to America and contribute to our great country do so legally. ˙Rob will remain steadfast in following through on immigration reform to ensure that the legal process of immigration into the U.S. is shorter, but thorough with full and comprehensive background checks.
Source: 2018 Delaware Senate Campaign website RobArlett.com Sep 1, 2018

Gene Truono: New policy for legal immigration: more border security

Gene will fight for a compassionate policy that prioritizes legal immigration. Our current immigration policy has been broken for decades. Any meaningful reform must provide for an increase in border security to reduce both human trafficking and illegal drugs crossing our borders. Gene believes that existing laws related to immigration should be enforced. It is our laws and our constitution that make our country strong.
Source: 2018 Delaware Senate campaign website VoteTruono.com Apr 4, 2018

Chuck Boyce: Double headline - Already Done

On immigration, Boyce said the United States "absolutely" needs to have secure borders. "We need to make sure we understand who is coming into our country, and we need to have a merit-based system," he said.

Boyce said he supports President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, as well as "21st-century solutions." He said the wall is going to "cost a lot of money and it's going to take a lot of time, and it's a 6th-century solution to a 21st-century problem."

Boyce also said he believes it is important that immigrants who are here "are going to assimilate into our culture and make sure that they are going to be contributing members of our society."

Truono said, "Let's just be honest-- our immigration system is broken. It takes far too long for people to come into this country legally." He called the issue "a can that Congress has kicked down the road" and said he supports currently proposed comprehensive immigration legislation.

Source: Coastal Point on 2018 Delaware Senate debate Mar 2, 2018

Gene Truono: Supports comprehensive immigration reform, and address DACA

Candidates Chuck Boyce and Gene Truono addressed 10 questions on a range of subjects. Boyce said he supports President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, as well as "21st-century solutions." He said the wall is going to "cost a lot of money and it's going to take a lot of time, and it's a 6th-century solution to a 21st-century problem."

Truono said, "Let's just be honest--our immigration system is broken. It takes far too long for people to come into this country legally." He called the issue "a can that Congress has kicked down the road" and said he supports currently proposed comprehensive immigration legislation but he said he feels it is unlikely it will pass during the current Congressional session. He said he supports the border wall and ending so-called "chain migration" but feels that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) should be addressed in exchange for those.

Source: Coastal Point on 2018 Delaware Senate debate Mar 2, 2018

Chuck Boyce: Comprehensive reform including a path to citizenship

Our country has long served as a shining city on a hill. For centuries, people from all over the world have flocked to this land in search of religious freedom, economic opportunity, and liberty. I will actively support comprehensive immigration reform that secures our border, decreases illegal immigration and opens a fair legal process that allows a path to citizenship for law abiding permanent resident immigrants who have been here and lived by our laws and contributed to our society.

We must never forget that America is a country built by immigrants with laws that must be upheld to maintain order. I will always be a proponent of legal immigration in which all immigrants striving to achieve the American Dream know that they can come here only through the legal process by our laws set in place.

Source: 2018 Delaware Senatorial campaign website ChuckForSenate.com Feb 22, 2018

  • The above quotations are from 2018 Delaware Senate race: debates and news coverage.
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Candidates and political leaders on Immigration:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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