Kim Reynolds on Immigration

	Kim Reynolds on Immigration

No vaccines required for immigrants crossing the border

It seems like everything is backwards. The Biden Administration requires vaccines for Americans who want to go to work or protect this country but not for migrants who illegally cross the border. Source: GOP Response to the 2022 State of the Union address , Mar 1, 2022

Migrant children not our problem, different under Trump

Reynolds said she has rejected a federal request to accept migrant children into the state. "This is not our problem," Reynolds said. "This is the president's problem. He's the one that has opened the border and he needs to be responsible for this and he needs to stop it." Reynolds' stand on accepting immigrant children contrasts with her willingness to accept refugees coming into the United States when then-President Donald Trump raised the issue in 2019. Source: Associated Press on 2022 Iowa Gubernatorial race , Apr 8, 2021

Secure our border, but no family separations

Gov. Kim Reynolds issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending family separations at the border:

"What was happening at the southern border was horrific. Children were being separated from their families to be used as pawns. That is not who we are as a nation.

"While the president's action today is progress, the work is not done. Congress cannot use this executive order as an excuse not to act. Our nation's immigration system is still broken, and our border is not secure. It is time for Washington to get the job done."

Source: Press Release on 2018 Iowa Gubernatorial race , Jun 20, 2018

End DACA, but Congress should act

Reynolds says she agrees with Trump's decision to phase out a program that protects young immigrants from deportation because she believes Congress should address the issue. She said it's Congress' job to pass immigration law. She wouldn't specify what lawmakers should do, though she said immigration reform could include a pathway to citizenship for some immigrants affected by Trump's decision. Source: Associated Press on 2018 Iowa gubernatorial race , Sep 5, 2017

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