Wikipedia.org political website: on Immigration
Alberto Gonzales:
3 out of 4 of his grandparents were illegal immigrants
Gonzales was born in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in Humble, near Houston. He was the second of eight children born to Pablo and Maria Gonzales. His father, who died in 1982, was a construction worker. In a television interview,
Gonzales told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that no immigration documentation exists for three of his grandparents and thus probably entered and resided in the United States illegally.
Source: Wikipedia, Alberto Gonzales article (Bush Cabinet)
Jul 31, 2007
Evan McMullin:
Worked briefly as UN volunteer refugee resettlement officer
After graduating from Brigham Young University in 2001, McMullin worked as a Volunteer Refugee
Resettlement Officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Shortly before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he began training with the Central Intelligence Agency.
Source: Wikipedia article on 2016 presidential hopeful
Aug 12, 2016
Gary Johnson:
Would veto Arizona SB 1070 as Latino racial discrimination
Johnson opposed Arizona SB 1070, and says he would have vetoed it were he the governor, though he understands and supports the spirit behind it. He says that the bill was devastating to drawing business to Arizona and believes the bill will create racial
discrimination.The Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (Arizona SB 1070) was the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure during 2010. Federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 to register with the US
government after 30 days, and to have registration documents in their possession at all times. The Arizona act additionally made it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without carrying the required documents, required that state
law enforcement officers attempt to determine an individual's immigration status during a "lawful stop, detention or arrest", when there is reasonable suspicion that the individual is an illegal immigrant.
Source: Wikipedia articles on Johnson's positions & Arizona SB 1060
May 2, 2016
Jan Brewer:
Supreme Court ok's immigration status checks
Arizona SB 1070 was the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure during 2010. Federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 to register with the US government after 30 days, and to have registration documents in their possession at
all times. The Arizona act additionally made it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without carrying the required documents, required that state law enforcement officers attempt to determine an individual's immigration status during
a "lawful stop."Critics of the legislation say it encourages racial profiling, while supporters say the law prohibits the use of race as the sole basis for investigating immigration status.
The Act was signed into law by Gov. Brewer in April 2010.
A federal judge blocked the law's most controversial provisions. In June 2012, the Supreme Court upheld the provision requiring immigration status checks during law enforcement stops but struck down three other provisions.
Source: Wikipedia article on Arizona SB 1060
May 2, 2016
Mike Bloomberg:
Normalize status of otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants
Bloomberg is a supporter of immigration reform to secure the rights of illegal immigrants. He argues that deportation breaks up families and scares illegal immigrants away from cooperating with law enforcement or accessing vital social services;
as such, he supports proposals like those put forth by Senators Ted Kennedy and John McCain, which would normalize the status of otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants already present.
Source: Wikipedia.org entry, "Michael_Bloomberg"
May 2, 2007
Mike Bloomberg:
Border controls fight natural forces of supply and demand
Bloomberg believes that border enforcement is somewhat futile. He told the Senate hearing on Immigration Legislation on 5 July 2006: "It is as if we expect border control agents to do what a century of communism could not: Defeat the natural forces
of supply and demand and defeat the natural human instinct for freedom and opportunity. You might as well sit on the beach and tell the tide not to come in."
Source: Wikipedia.org entry, "Michael_Bloomberg"
May 2, 2007
Sally Yates:
Refused to defend 2017 Muslim ban; dismissed as AG
Sally Caroline Yates (nee Quillian; born 1960) is an American lawyer. She served as a United States Attorney and later United States Deputy Attorney General, having been appointed to both positions by President Barack Obama.Following the inauguration
of Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on January 20, 2017, Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days. She was dismissed for insubordination by President Trump on January 30, after she instructed the Justice
Department not to make legal arguments defending Executive Order 13769, which temporarily banned the admission of refugees and barred travel from certain Muslim-majority countries. Rather than defend it, Yates stated the order was neither defensible in
court nor consistent with the Constitution. Large portions of the order were subsequently blocked by federal courts, though the Supreme Court ultimately upheld a revised version. Following her dismissal, Yates returned to private practice.
Source: Wikipedia background for 2020 Veepstakes
Apr 25, 2020
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