The Washington Times: on Immigration

Jane Timken: AdWatch: Opposes amnesty to 12 million illegal immigrants

Jane Timken is vowing to "be tough on illegal immigration."

"During the pandemic, Ohio's small businesses and families struggled to survive," Ms. Timken says in the ad. "What was Joe Biden's first legislative proposal--a liberal plan to give amnesty to 12 million illegal immigrants."

Bob Casey: Support sanctuary cities like Philadelphia

Allan Fung: Federal authorities notified on illegal immigrants releases

Ralph Northam: Support driver's licenses for illegal immigrants

Republican Corey Stewart slammed Northam's stance as "blatant disregard for the law." Ed Gillespie said, "Virginia plain and simply should not give legal identification to illegal immigrants."

The issue surfaced when Northam was asked where he stood on a proposal to grant temporary driver's licenses to people who can't receive a permanent one because of their immigration status. "We need to make sure that we have immigration reform for this county, we make sure that we have a pathway to citizenship in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and we need to make sure that people have access to driver's licenses," he said. A total of 12 states allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, according to a breakdown of state laws from the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Donald Trump: Citizenship for illegal immigrants is a GOP suicide mission

"You have to be very, very careful, because you could say that to a certain extent the odds aren't looking so great for Republicans, that you are on a suicide mission," he said. "You are just not going to get those votes."

Rob Sobhani: Make English the official language of the United States

Sobhani proposes coupling the official adoption of English with an aggressive program of structured English immersion that would prepare the individual to move on into the general classroom and job market. He also would force reversal of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission policy targeting small businesses that insist their employees be proficient in English.

Rob Sobhani: 5-year moratorium on immigration & 75,000 work visas

In addition, the current rules would be ended that allow the added immigration of extended relatives. Spouses and children would be allowed in but not siblings, parents or even adult children. Amnesty permits for illegals also could be ended.

Related to the moratorium is the proposal to end the current government permissiveness that allows the chain immigration of groups of even distant relatives of a single person under the rubric of family reunification. It is these extended family members who are most likely to need access to public welfare, while few of them have the skills--or even the desire--to work.