CNN political race coverage: on Immigration
Al Gore:
Citizenship for 1.2M cleared backlog, but sacrificed quality
One of Gore’s attempts to improve government produced such confusion that thousands of people became citizens without adequate background checks, the Justice Dept. says in a new report, and “compromised the integrity” of the INS process. [But] the
report said there is no evidence that the 1996 election motivated the crash program. Under the crash “Citizenship USA” program, a part of Gore’s government reinvention effort, about 1.2 million people were given citizenship from Oct. 1995 to Sept.
1996, [with the intent of] eliminating a massive backlog of nearly 500,000 citizenship cases at INS. The waiting period for citizenship had been as much as three years.
The investigators found that the crash program put quantity over quality. The INS
had processed applicants so quickly that in many cases citizenship was granted before the INS received criminal background checks from the FBI. But the report said there was no way to determine how many unqualified individuals gained citizenship.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Aug 1, 2000
Al Sharpton:
Current immigration law is discriminatory
I think if you look at the language discrimination, if you look at the fact some people have voted against even the language training in schools if you look at how immigration laws have been used against Hispanics in the Mexican border, I’ve been there.
Source: CNN coverage: Inside Politics
Jan 21, 2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger:
No driver’s licenses to illegal aliens
Schwarzenegger said he does not support giving driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, but he said the issue of offering them other services is not so clear.
“That is an issue with the federal government because the governor has nothing, [not] really much power over those things,” Schwarzenegger said.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Aug 28, 2003
Beto O`Rourke:
Military service as pathway to citizenship for immigrants
He is proposing allowing
military service to be a pathway to citizenship for immigrants, according to the plan.
Source: CNN coverage of 2020 Democratic primary
Jun 24, 2019
Donald Trump:
OpEd: businesses & Republicans condemn anti-Mexico terms
Trump released a statement restating the controversial comments he made almost three weeks ago when he announced he was running for president: "What can be simpler or more accurately stated? The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people
into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc.," Trump's statement said. Trump's comments have resulted in the termination of a number of his business relationships, but it wasn't until the past week that fellow
Republican candidates began to forcefully condemn his comments.Former Gov. George Pataki (R-NY) laid out what he calls are "practical" policy solutions for the issue of securing the southern U.S. border, as well as what to do with the millions of
illegal immigrants already living in the country. Trump "has tapped into a chord of people who do not want to see millions of people come here illegally, but that does not justify demonizing an entire group of people," said Pataki. .
Source: CNN.com 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Jul 6, 2015
Ezola Foster:
Restrict immigration; support CA Prop. 187
Foster, an African-American, is an advocate of restricting immigration, writing that immigrants threaten black workers' jobs.
She campaigned for California's Proposition 187, which would have banned illegal immigrants from receiving public services, and has urged that the military be deployed along the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Aug 11, 2000
George Pataki:
Practical policy: legal residency after 200 hours of service
Donald Trump released a statement restating the controversial comments he made almost three weeks ago when he announced he was running for president: "What can be simpler or more accurately stated? The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted
people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc.," Trump's statement said. Trump's comments have resulted in the termination of a number of his business relationships, but it wasn't until the past week that
fellow Republican candidates began to forcefully condemn his comments.George Pataki laid out what he calls are "practical" policy solutions for the issue of securing the southern U.S. border, as well as what to do with the millions of illegal
immigrants already living in the country. Pataki's immigration proposals include allowing illegal immigrants to obtain the status of legal resident if they come forward publicly, have no criminal history, and commit to 200 hours of community service.
Source: CNN.com 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Jul 6, 2015
Page last updated: Oct 26, 2024