Twitter.com election tweets: on Immigration
Deb Haaland:
Homeland Security head should resign over family detention
The Trump Administration's white supremacist agenda is out of control--and I stand against detention camps for families, the imprisonment of children, and the criminalization of asylum seekers. I'm calling for the resignation of
Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen. She has been a failure in her leadership over this crisis. It is also time to defund ICE--an agency that is out of bounds in its efforts to terrorize families.
Source: Twitter posting on 2018 NM-1 House race
Jun 20, 2018
Eric Holder:
Trump Administration must change family separation policy
DHS Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen: We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period.Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder: Who are we supposed to believe, you or our lying eyes. Laura Bush says it best "I live in a border state.
I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart."
Source: Twitter posting on 2018 Trump Administration
Jun 18, 2018
Gary Johnson:
A ban based on religion violates our Constitution
Q: Do you plan to ban Muslims from US? Donald Trump: It's called extreme vetting. They're coming in by the tens of thousands and Hillary Clinton wants to allow a 550% increase over Obama.
Source: Johnson Twitter posts on Second 2016 Presidential Debate
Oct 9, 2016
Gary Johnson:
WRONG to deport 11 million undocumented from US
Donald Trump: The border patrol agents endorsed me because I understand the border. [Hillary Clinton] wants amnesty for everybody.
Gary Johnson: The deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants is WRONG. Issue work visas.
Source: Johnson Twitter posts on Second 2016 Presidential Debate
Oct 9, 2016
Joe L. Kennedy:
Trump Administration must change family separation policy
DHS Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen: We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period.U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy: If this isn't the White House policy,
please tell the officials who I spoke with in Tornillo today who believe it is. Either own it or change it. Scratch that--just change it. #KeepFamiliesTogether
Source: Twitter posting on 2018 Trump Administration
Jun 18, 2018
Joe Sestak:
Expand involvement of the Office of Refugee Resettlement
We need to expand the involvement of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to better match migrants with host families in the United States, as many U.S. families are willing to open their homes to such people in need. We are a caring country. Finally, we
need immigration reform. I will engage on this immediately, similar to what I supported in past bi-partisan efforts by Senators McCain and Kennedy, to get our undocumented residents on a path to citizenship with border security measures, as appropriate.
Source: Twitter posting on 2020 Democratic primary
Jul 6, 2019
Kevin Faulconer:
DREAMers are living in only country they've ever known
Most #Dreamers are living in the only country they have ever known. They are our neighbors, small business owners, students and veterans.
They need our support. The time is now for Congress to act. #IStandWithDreamers #DACA
Source: Twitter posting on 2021 California recall race
Jan 18, 2018
Lori Trahan:
Homeland Security head should resign over child detention
What's going on in detention facilities is child abuse. 2,000 children ripped from their families because of Trump's policy.
This is not the America I want for my children. Demand resignations! Start with Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen. #resignkirstjennielsen #MA3 #MAPOLI
Source: Twitter posting on 2018 MA-3 House race
Jun 18, 2018
Mike Bloomberg:
America's greatness begins with immigrants, not with a wall
Responding to President Trump's call to "choose greatness," former New York Mayor and potential 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said "greatness begins with immigrants.""Choosing greatness starts with
understanding that," he tweeted. "And it means choosing real solutions to our broken immigration system over gimmicks like a wall."
Source: Twitter posting on 2019 State of the Union address
Feb 6, 2019
Nina Turner:
Welcome immigrants, provide them with services
Immigration reform needs to be intersectional and make good on humanitarian crises we helped create.
Welcome climate migrants, reunited families, restore DACA, offer health care despite status.
Source: Twitter posting on 2021 OH-11 House race
Mar 15, 2020
Spencer Cox:
Angry about children separated from families at border
Cox could not sleep because he was angry about the U.S. government separating children from immigrants trying to cross the border illegally. So he griped about it in a string of emotional tweets. "Can't sleep tonight. I know I shouldn't tweet.
But I'm angry. And sad," Cox posted. "I hate what we've become. My wife wants to go & hold babies & read to lonely/scared/sad kids. I want to punch someone. Political tribalism is stupid. It sucks & it's dangerous. We are all part of the problem."
Source: Salt Lake Tribune on Twitter post in 2020 Utah governor race
Jun 20, 2019
Ted Lieu:
Trump Administration is lying about family separation policy
DHS Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen: We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period.U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu: Dear @SecNielsen: You are lying. Period.
How do we know you are lying Sec Nielsen? Because Stephen Miller pushed for the policy change & AG Sessions gleefully announced it.
Also, 2000 kids didn't voluntarily decide to leave their parents. You forced the separation. Get it?
Source: Twitter posting on 2018 Trump Administration
Jun 18, 2018
Hung Cao:
No open borders; restore 'Remain in Mexico' policy
- The bottom line is: @timkaine and Joe Biden want the border open. If they wanted to close it, they would. Every illegal alien and package of illegal drugs that comes into this country is because they want it here.
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The second he took office, @JoeBiden ended @realDonaldTrump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy. Now, Mexico refuses to fight cartels and refuses to accept its own citizens when we send them back.
Source: Twitter/X posting on Virginia 2024 Senate race
Jun 17, 2024
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