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Ned Lamont on Immigration

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Schools to protect students from federal immigration raids

Gov. Ned Lamont reassured immigrant families across the state that local schools have a plan to protect students from federal immigration raids. "Schools only work if everybody's coming and they feel safe being here," Lamont said. "And that's what this day is all about. There's just a lot of press out there, a lot of noise in the media, a lot of fear out there in terms of, am I safe coming to school? Am I safe bringing my child to a beautiful school like this? And the answer is yes."
Source: CT News Junkie on 2026 Connecticut Gubernatorial race , Sep 18, 2025

Focus on employers hiring, not on building fences

Q: What do we do about illegal immigrants?

A: When it comes to securing our border which so important, you can militarize the border like George Bush says, you can put up fences and walls, but as long as you have employees hiring illegals, people will be coming across the border and looking for a better opportunity for their kids. Under the Bush administration, we have cut down on the number of employer enforcements & that's why we have a lot of the illegal immigration that we have today.

Source: 2006 Connecticut Democratic Senate Primary debate , Jul 6, 2006

Give illegal immigrants a path to earned citizenship

I support the Senate immigration bill, as did Sen. Lieberman. We both agree that you have to have comprehensive immigration reform. You've got to deal with the folks who are here in this country, the 11 or 12 million people. Give them a path to earn the legal status. I think that's so important.

I think we have got to be careful about [saying] the guest workers are doing jobs that Americans just won't do. You pay a decent wage with decent benefits, you'll find Americans are willing to do these jobs

Source: 2006 Connecticut Democratic Senate Primary debate , Jul 6, 2006

Other governors on Immigration: Ned Lamont on other issues:
CT Gubernatorial:
Bob Stefanowski
CT Senatorial:
Chris Murphy
Dan Carter
Joe Visconti
John Flynn
Leora Levy
Matthew Corey
Richard Blumenthal
Robert Hyde
Themis Klarides

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