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Ken Cuccinelli on Immigration

 

 


Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry

Question topic: Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.

Cuccinelli: Strongly Agree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2013 Virginia Governor campaign , Jul 2, 2014

Path to citizenship ok as part of compromise

On immigration, McAuliffe said it would be "one of my finest hours" as governor if he could sign a state version of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to some immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally as minors.

Cuccinelli said he wanted to see "some sort of compromise reached on immigration" and said a path to citizenship "could be part of the proposal."

Source: Washington Post on 2013 Virginia governor debates , Jul 21, 2013

Welcome LEGAL immigrants; but no blind eye to lawlessness

The US attorney general and his DOJ sued both Arizona and South Carolina to prevent the states from enforcing federal immigration laws that the federal government refused to enforce itself. In fact, Congress passed immigration laws with the clear intent that states would assist the government with enforcement, but the Obama administration attacked states that were trying to help restore the rule of law in the immigration arena. In its attacks, the federal government tried to publically raise the specter that these new state laws would lead to racial profiling, but DOJ lawyers actually admitted in court that they didn't have any real claim of such profiling. The bottom line is that states welcome LEGAL immigrants, and to not control illegal immigration and turn a blind eye to lawlessness is unfair to those immigrants who come to this country playing by the rules.
Source: Last Line of Defense, by Ken Cuccinelli, p.222 , Feb 12, 2013

Other governors on Immigration: Ken Cuccinelli on other issues:
VA Gubernatorial:
Bob McDonnell
Robert Sarvis
Terry McAuliffe
VA Senatorial:
Ed Gillespie
Mark Warner
Robert Sarvis
Tim Kaine

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AR: Ross(D) vs.Hutchinson(R) vs.Griffin(R,Lt.Gov.)
AZ: Ducey(R) vs.DuVal(D) vs.Mealer(AE) vs.Gilbert(L) vs.Riggs(R)
CA: Brown(D) vs.Kashkari(R)
CO: Hickenlooper(D) vs.Beauprez(R) vs.Tancredo(R) vs.Hess(L)
CT: Malloy(D) vs.Foley(R) vs.Walker(R,Lt.Gov.)
FL: Scott(R) vs.Crist(D) vs.Snitker(L,Lt.Gov.)
GA: Deal(R) vs.Carter(D) vs.Hunt(L)
HI: Ige(D) vs.Aiona(R) vs.Abercrombie(D)
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MA: Coakley(D) vs.Baker(R) &Polito(R,Lt.Gov.) vs.Grossman(D) vs.Berwick(D)
ME: LePage(R) vs.Michaud(D) vs.Cutler(I)
MI: Snyder(R) vs.Schauer(D)
NM: Martinez(R) vs.King(D)
NY: Cuomo(D) &Hochul(D,Lt.Gov.) vs.Astorino(R) vs.Hawkins(G) vs.Teachout(D)
OK: Fallin(R) vs.Dorman(D)
PA: Corbett(R) vs.Wolf(D) vs.Schwartz(D,lost primary) vs.Critz(D,Lt.Gov.,lost primary)
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AZ-R: Doug Ducey
IL-R: Bruce Rauner
MA-R: Charlie Baker
MD-R: Larry Hogan
NE-R: Pete Ricketts
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RI-D: Gina Raimondo
TX-R: Greg Abbott

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CA-D: Jerry Brown
CO-D: John Hickenlooper
CT-D: Dan Malloy
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GA-R: Nathan Deal
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ID-R: Butch Otter
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ME-R: Paul LePage
MI-R: Rick Snyder
MN-D: Mark Dayton
NH-D: Maggie Hassan
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NV-R: Brian Sandoval
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OH-R: John Kasich
OK-R: Mary Fallin
OR-D: John Kitzhaber
PA-R: Tom Corbett
SC-R: Nikki Haley
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