2022 FL Governor's race: on Immigration


Annette Taddeo: Documented & undocumented immigrants contribute

Both documented and undocumented immigrants contribute to this state--Florida is home to over 400,000 immigrant essential workers, 170,000 DREAMers, 150,000 Temporary Protected Status holders and more. Together, immigrants in this state have $105.4 billion of spending power, have contributed $33.2 billion in tax revenue, and 394,176 are entrepreneurs. These are the tax dollars that help rebuild our highways, our education system, medical services and more.
Source: The Sun Sentinel on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Dec 15, 2021

Brian Moore: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens"?

A: Strongly support.ÿ We are a nation of immigrants, and part of our wealth is tapping in to the skills and intelligence and ingenuity of the millions of immigrants who arrived on our shores several centuries ago.ÿ We should improve our vetting system when welcoming immigrants, but at the same time, open our borders and our doors to the millions of refugees and immigrants fleeing war-torn countries, or regions of poverty, famine and violence.ÿ The United States is a vast land, with significant open areas where new communities and impoverished communities can be redeveloped and refurbished to enhance the overall quality of life for every American citizen and foreign individuals living in our land.

Source: OnTheIssues.org interview on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Apr 14, 2022

Nikki Fried: Fought against Florida ban on "sanctuary cities"

Fried openly fought against Florida's "sanctuary cities" bill in 2019. The policy was signed into law and prohibited local governments from having sanctuary policies. It also required county jails agree to do the best they could to uphold federal immigration law. Fried believed the policy would target "Florida's already vulnerable immigrant community -- both documented and undocumented--and push them into the shadows."
Source: WPTV Palm Beach NBC-5 on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Jul 2, 2021

Ron DeSantis: End catch and release, finish the border wall

Our idea is very simple. Our lawsuit says end catch and release. If they end catch and release and they reinstitute remain in Mexico and finish construction of the border wall, guess what? Crisis will be ended. People will stop even coming because they know they're not going to be able to.
Source: FOX News on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Sep 29, 2021

Ron DeSantis: Pull over drivers suspected of transporting immigrants

During the Donald Trump years, DeSantis targeted the influx of Central Americans, and he's now doing likewise to Haitians under Joe Biden. He thinks he's punishing this other "foreign" Florida, but he's bad-mouthing and hurting all of us immigrants. His newly issued mandate to law enforcement that they pull over drivers they suspect are transporting immigrants into the state is going to be tricky to carry out without violating Americans' constitutional rights.
Source: Miami Herald on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Jul 6, 2021

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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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