Jean Hay Bright on Immigration

Clamp down on undocumented workers via employers

At a time when our federal treasury is hemorrhaging red ink, we have millions of undocumented workers making undocumented money, paying no taxes, but using government services, from schools for their children, to the roads and highways to get to and from work, to the social services or emergency health care that they do not pay for.

Employers are the key The illegal workers and the employers who hire them are gaming the system. To stop this, we need to clamp down on employers who hire illegal workers

Source: Speech to Southern Maine Labor Council - Portland Mar 1, 2006

Neutral on encouraging immigration

Jean Hay Bright responds that she is Neutral on the statement "Immigration helps our economy-encourage it" Source: Response by the candidate to VoteMatch questionnaire Dec 14, 2005

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