2018 MI Governor's race: on Immigration
Bill Schuette:
Joined 2016 lawsuit to block DACA expansion
Q: Support DREAM Act (DACA) recipients who arrived illegally as children, to achieve legal status under certain conditions?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.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Gretchen Whitmer:
Protect DREAMers from deportation; offer path to citizenship
Q: Support DREAM Act (DACA) recipients who arrived illegally as children, to achieve legal status under certain conditions?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.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Abdul El-Sayed:
Biracial families like mine inspire more diverse government
Michigan gubernatorial candidate and University of Michigan alum Abdul El-Sayed discussed his candidacy and platform to more than 150 students and community members at the Ford School of Public Policy.As the son of Egyptian immigrants,
El-Sayed recognized the unlikeliness of his candidacy. However, he stressed that his background of coming from a biracial family reflects the goals he has for Michigan to become more inclusive. "This is the American family I grew up in," El-Sayed
said. "We didn't always agree. The one thing we could agree upon was our future, that we could believe in this society regardless of background."
Opposite to what some have said about his campaign,
El-Sayed said his background and religious differences won't hinder him, but will hopefully inspire a more diverse government. "If you're not going to vote for me because I'm Muslim, you weren't going to vote for me anyway," he said.
Source: MI Daily Staff on 2018 Michigan Gubernatorial race
Mar 13, 2017
Abdul El-Sayed:
People who look like me are not sitting on the sidelines
El-Sayed told the crowd that some people think they can make the country great again by telling people who "look like me" that they don't belong here and they should sit on the sidelines. "We are not sitting on the sidelines," he said. "We must act.
We cannot wait until our children are poisoned or their schools are shut down."His supporters say his family reflects the diversity of the state.
His parents are immigrants who left Egypt in pursuit of greater opportunity in America and other family members are farmers, teachers, and small-business owners who have lived in Gratiot County for generations.
Last month, Trump ordered a controversial ban on travel for immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries wracked by terrorism including Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Source: The Detroit News on 2018 Michigan Gubernatorial race
Feb 25, 2017
Bill Schuette:
It isn't a ban on Muslims; Trump puts security first
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette tweeted on Monday evening his support of President Donald Trump's recent executive order barring immigrants from seven countries. In a series of three tweets,
Schuette said that he believes in an immigration policy that "discriminates against no one," that Trump's order is "not a ban on Muslims, and he is placing the security of Americans first."
Source: Detroit Free Press on 2018 Michigan gubernatorial race
Jan 31, 2017
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