2024 TX Senate race: on Immigration
Colin Allred:
Process people at the border faster, system is broken
They need to have more resources to put into our border communities, to deal with the surge. We need to process people faster. The asylum process is too slow…Some of it is on Congress. Our immigration system is broken, it's only so much any
administration can do. Just saying you are going to build a wall is not a solution. Yes, we have some physical barriers there, we want to channel folks to ports of entry, but it's much more complicated than that.
Source: FOX4News on 2024 Texas Senate race
Jun 25, 2023
Colin Allred:
E-verify paired with pathways to citizenship
Allred's approach to the border is in line with moderates of his party. He advocated for pairing border security measures championed by Republicans, including mandated E-Verify to confirm the citizenship status of prospective employees, with pathways
to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the country. He backed efforts by the Biden administration to direct asylum-seekers to request asylum online from their home countries as well as creating visa programs to meet U.S. economic and
labor needs.Allred has previously voted on legislation to expand funding for the U.S. Border Patrol and for physical barriers to direct migrants to ports of entry. But he dismissed a border wall stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Pacific Ocean, as former President Donald Trump advocated, as "ridiculous" and a waste of money.
[Opponent Roland] Gutierrez was also critical of a border wall, calling it a waste of time, money and resources. He said he favored a pathway to residency.
Source: Texas Tribune on 2024 Texas Senate race
Aug 9, 2023
Roland Gutierrez:
Against border wall; for pathway to permanent residency
[Opponent Colin] Allred advocated for border security measures, including mandated E-Verify. But he dismissed a border wall as "ridiculous" and a waste of money.Gutierrez was also critical of a border wall, calling it a waste of time, money and
resources. More broadly, he said the United States needs to reimagine immigration policy by overhauling visa programs and working with Latin American countries to help people better understand job opportunities in the U.S. before they travel to the
border. Gutierrez said he supports a pathway to residency for the millions of people who have long been in the country illegally, with a mandated time period and financial penalty. He distinguished that from a pathway to citizenship, which people could
apply for five years after they become lawful permanent residents. He said he favored a pathway to residency and an earlier pathway to citizenship for "Dreamers," or young people who were brought to the country illegally as children.
Source: Texas Tribune on 2024 Texas Senate race
Aug 9, 2023
Carl Sherman:
Biden inherited bad situation, Congress failed to address
Sherman said Biden inherited a bad situation that Congress has failed to address. "I believe in working with the locals--local elected officials, local law enforcement, Border Patrol--and working with ICE and working with our number one trading partner,
Mexico, on coming up with a sensible way to ensure that we boost our economy while also taking on an approach that comports to our Judeo-Christian values," Sherman said.
Source: Dallas Morning News on 2024 Texas Senate race
Jan 26, 2024
Carl Sherman:
Advocate for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Q: What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?A: - Restoring a Woman's Right to Choose
- Reducing Gun Violence
- Defending Our Democracy and Standing Up to Extremism
- Supporting Public Schools
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Helping with Inflation and Rising Costs
- Advocating for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Sherman is a reformer, an outsider who bridges political divides, offering a fresh perspective to Texas politics.
Source: Ballotpedia Candidate Connection on 2024 Texas Senate race
Nov 1, 2023
Colin Allred:
Don't fall into demonizing in talking about border security
[Noted incumbent Ted] Cruz, "When Donald Trump was president, I worked hand in hand with President Trump to secure the border, and we achieved incredible success. We produced the lowest rate of illegal immigration in 45 years.
That's what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris inherited. It's what Colin Allred inherited, and they deliberately broke it and opened the border, and Texas is paying the price. "
[Democratic challenger Colin] Allred responded, "Listen, what I've always said is that we have to make sure that as we're talking about border security, that we don't fall into demonizing and you can take something out of context from seven years ago,
which is what he's trying to do, but he doesn't want to talk about what he said this year, which is that we don't need a border bill."
Source: ABC News on 2024 Texas Senate debate
Oct 16, 2024
Ted Cruz:
Democrats opened the border; Texas is paying the price
[Noted incumbent Ted] Cruz, "When Donald Trump was president, I worked hand in hand with President Trump to secure the border, and we achieved incredible success. We produced the lowest rate of illegal immigration in 45 years.
That's what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris inherited. It's what Colin Allred inherited, and they deliberately broke it and opened the border, and Texas is paying the price. "
[Democratic challenger Colin] Allred responded, "Listen, what I've always said is that we have to make sure that as we're talking about border security, that we don't fall into demonizing and you can take something out of context from seven years ago,
which is what he's trying to do, but he doesn't want to talk about what he said this year, which is that we don't need a border bill."
Source: ABC News on 2024 Texas Senate debate
Oct 16, 2024
Page last updated: Oct 30, 2024