Jim Gilmore presidential campaign, 2016/Immigration

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Jim Gilmore suspended his presidential run on February 12, 2016.^[1]

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Jim Gilmore opposes Trump's immigration position on Fox News on August 19, 2015

Appearing at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s conference on October 7, 2015, Jim Gilmore contrasted his immigration platform with Donald Trump’s. “I disapprove of Trump’s policy and I stand for the Constitution. I believe the Constitution says that if you’re born in this country, you’re an American citizen,” Gilmore said of birthright citizenship. Speaking of undocumented immigrants, he added, “The Gilmore policy is that they are not going to be shipped out and deported. We have to recognize that America’s heritage of offering hope, freedom and security to people from throughout the world is a key element of our national pride and the foundation of our economic success.”^[2]

Gilmore appeared on Fox News on August 19, 2015, to support the constitutional right of birthright citizenship. Gilmore said, “The guarantees of the Amendment XIV, United States Constitution are emphatic. They were put into the Constitution to make sure that African Americans were not denied their civil rights under the Constitution. And likewise, I think to begin to talk about a government beginning to pick and choose who gets to have citizenship and who doesn’t, what disfavored class of people might not be granted citizenship, is wrong. It’s dangerous.” ^[3]

In that same August 2015 interview, Gilmore expressed that he did not support deporting all illegal aliens in the country, but he also did not support giving them amnesty. His plan would allow them to continue to work in the country but would not supply a path to citizenship.^[3]

Gilmore also tweeted several times about his support for the Fourteenth Amendment, including this tweet from August 18, 2015:

In 2000, Gilmore vetoed Virginia legislation that sought to give illegal aliens workers compensation benefits in the event of an injury sustained during work. The Senate and House overturned the veto and passed the law, saying that, without the legislation, liability was too great for employers who accidentally employed aliens.^[4]

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