2022 NE Governor's race: on Immigration


Chuck Herbster: Got to build damn wall, those people are coming to Nebraska

Despite being about 1,500 miles to the Mexican border, Herbster said immigration would be a critical focus. "We got to build a damn wall. You can't have a country if you're going to let everybody keep coming in," he said. Herbster said the reemergence of immigration on the southern border as a national issue prompted him to run for governor. "If we think those people are just gonna stay in Texas, in Arizona, we live in a glasshouse, those people are coming to Nebraska," he said.
Source: Scottsbluff Star-Herald on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race May 4, 2021

Chuck Herbster: We got to build a damn wall; can't let everybody come in

Despite being about 1,500 miles to the Mexican border, Herbster said immigration would be a critical focus of his campaign and administration. "We got to build a damn wall. You can't have a country if you're going to let everybody keep coming in," he said. "If we think those people are just gonna stay in Texas, in Arizona, we live in a glasshouse, those people are coming to Nebraska."
Source: Scottsbluff Star-Herald on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race Apr 28, 2021

Chuck Herbster: Undocumented immigrants primarily bad people

Herbster said nations cannot exist without secure borders. "I believe in legal immigration," Herbster said. "These people are primarily bad people. They're coming for a free lunch," and they're smuggling millions of dollars worth of dangerous drugs into the US. In a recent visit to the border, Herbster said he saw parts of the unfinished wall laying on the ground or standing in trenches, waiting for the concrete base to be poured. "Some of the Mexicans probably are stealing parts of the wall," he said.
Source: Kearney Hub on 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial race Nov 2, 2021

Jim Pillen: We must demand order on the southern border

We must demand order on the southern border. We are decades into the federal government not enforcing our laws and refusing to deal with immigration reform. It is simply inexcusable. The result is state and local governments are forced to deal with the resulting issues like education, healthcare, workforce and law enforcement. More importantly, the failure to reform and enforce an immigration policy creates a national security threat at every entry point to the U.S., and exploits the vulnerable.
Source: 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial campaign website JimPillen.com May 12, 2022

Theresa Thibodeau: Illegal immigration bringing in crime, hurting public safety

Brett Lindstrom, an Omaha-area state senator, said there are more than 50,000 unfilled jobs in the state.

He suggested a guest worker program for people who want to live and work in the United States, along with other ways to bring workers to the state.

Theresa Thibodeau said state funds should not be used to "help any immigrants that have come to our state illegally." "Illegal immigration is bringing in crime, and it's an issue and it's hurting our public safety," she said. "If we have immigrants that are here legally, and they want to take advantage of learning our English language in doing those things, we should support that, but we need to make sure that they are here legally and they are following the same rules that everyday Nebraskans follow."

Source: Grand Island Independent on 2022 Nebraska Governor debate Dec 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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