Immigration

Donald Trump

Trump's Immigration (section page):

FiveThirtyEight did a good job gathering a lot of immigration data mentioned by Trump and then explaining it. Read it here.

• Deport nearly 12 million illegal immigrants. (DTS)
• Illegal Immigrants lead to higher crime in the country. (DTI)
• " You look at your gov -- you look at Baltimore, you look at Ferguson, you look at lot of these places, a lot of these gangs -- and the most vicious -- are illegals. They're out of here. First day, I will send them people -- we. Those guys are out of here." (DTS)
• "Well, it's costing us $130 billion a year and that's peanuts compared to what the real cost is, George, for the way we have it now." (DTI)

US-Mexico

• "We need to build a wall, and it has to be built quickly. And I don't mind having a big beautiful door in that wall so that people can come into this country legally." (RD1)
• "Our leaders are stupid, our politicians are stupid and the Mexican government is much smarter." (RD1)

• Mexico must pay for a wall along US-Mexico border(DTS). Until they do, United States will enact the following policy measures (DTW):
  • Impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages (DTW)
  • Increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them) (DTW)
  • Increase fees on all border crossing cards – of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa overstays) (DTW)
  • Increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays) (DTW)
  • Increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico (Tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also options) (DTW)
• Wall estimated to cost ~$20 billion [1]

• Triple the number of ICE officers (DTW)
• Nationwide e-verify (DTW)
• Mandatory return of all criminal aliens (DTW)
• Defund sanctuary cities (cities not following federal law on immigration) (DTW)
• End birthright citizenship (DTW)

• Increase wage for H-1B Visas (DTW)
  • Trump argues low wages of immigrants for STEM-related careers displace domestic workers and minority workers in STEM fields. (DTW)
  • Require American companies to hire domestic workers first [yes, but how?] (DTW)
    • Trump proposes a waiting period of no new green cards being issued to foreign workers so that American corporations will hire domestic labor. (DTW)
• Reduce funding to refugee programs. (DTW)
  • Spend that money on at-risk inner-city youth instead. (DTW)

Islam

• Urges for a "complete and total shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States, in response to Paris bombings.(DTS)

• “When you have people that are cutting Christians’ heads off, when you have a world, at the border and in so many places … that it’s medieval times … We don’t have time for tone. We have to go out and get the job done.” (RD1)

Bernie Sanders

Bernie's Immigration (section page)

Bernie Sanders Immigration Goals:

• Dismantle deportation programs and detention centers
• Create a way for a swift and fair legislative roadmap to citizenship for eleven million undocumented immigrants
• Broad eligibility for citizenship to all non-criminals in the US
• Establish a reasonable wait for citizenship of 5 years
• Regulate the flow of immigrants by modernizing the visa system and rewriting trade agreements
• End for profit prisons that lead to detention of immigrants
• Demilitarize the border in order to reduce costs and border deaths
• Expand support for refugees.

(BSWI)

Quotes

"The injustice in the lives of the workers was overwhelming. In fact, the situation was so bad that on the day I visited two men were indicted for human slavery. Slavery in the 21st century in the United States of America." (latintimes)