2021 VA Governor's race: on Immigration

Jennifer Carroll Foy: Supported driver's licenses for undocumented residents

• Worked to pass the Virginia Dream Act, bringing higher education to all our Virginians regardless of their immigration status.
• Supported legislation to make it possible for undocumented residents to acquire driver's licenses.
• Proposed a budget amendment to repeal outdated work restrictions that prevent many from accessing the healthcare that they need.

Pete Snyder: I'll enforce the law and deport violent criminals

Mark Herring: Children held at border in inhumane conditions

Under the Trump Administration, immigrant children have been held for weeks in inhumane conditions without access to basic necessities like soap, clean water, toothbrushes, showers, or a place to sleep. "The way children have been held in these disgusting, inhumane conditions at the border is reprehensible," said Attorney General Herring. "We cannot stand by and allow the Trump Administration to continue to harm these children and ignore the protections granted to them. The way these children have been treated in these detention centers is not who we are as a country and it must be stopped."

Ken Cuccinelli: Politicians interfere with efforts of ICE to do their job

"Here we are talking about ICE doing its job as if it's special, and really this should be going on a rolling basis," he said. "They're looking forward to just doing their jobs."