xxspygirlxx asked this question on 10/2/2000:
Dear Jesse,
How many issues from candidates (in different parties) related to immigration benefits? What are they?
Thank you for your help.
-Marisa
JesseGordon gave this response on 10/2/2000:
See www.issues2000.org\News_Immigration.htm for details and http://www.issues2000.org/Free_Trade_&_Immigration.htm for summary.
The issues, as outlined by each candidate, are:
GORE:
* Citizenship for 1.2M cleared backlog, but sacrificed quality. (Aug 1)
* More immigrants to alleviate labor shortage. (Mar 1)
* Immigrants from communist Cuba are different. (Jan 17)
* Immigration leads to diversity and cultural tolerance. (Apr 1999)
BUSH:
* $500M to cut INS application time to 6 months. (Jul 6)
* Welcome Latinos; immigration is not a problem to be solved. (Jun 26)
* Make INS more “immigrant friendly”. (Jun 26)
* High tech: More H-1B worker visas; less export controls. (Apr 2)
* Farm policy: Open markets abroad; more H-2A worker visas. (Apr 2)
* More border guards to compassionately turn away Mexicans. (Dec 1999)
* Guest workers, maybe; citizenship waiting period, yes. (Aug 1999)
NADER:
* Immigrants don’t come for welfare; restore safety net. (Jun 26)
* Don’t blame immigrants for social and economic problems. (Jun 25)
BUCHANAN:
* Teach new immigrants to be American & limit their numbers. (Aug 6)
* A million immigrants a year: “we’re gonna lose our country”. (May 30)
* Most pressing foreign policy crisis: illegal immigration. (Sep 1999)
* Secure our porous borders; teach immigrants English. (Jun 1999)
* Immigration “time out”; reduce to 250,000 per year. (May 1999)
HARRY BROWNE (Libertarian):
* Let in the huddled masses. (Jan 13)
* Maintain open borders; end war on immigration. (May 1996)
* Ease immigration laws; no Official English. (May 1996)
JOHN HAGELIN (Natural Law):
* More high-tech immigrants; more control at state level. (Jan 13)