Lincoln Chafee presidential campaign, 2016/Immigration

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Former presidential candidate
Lincoln Chafee
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(2011-2015)
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  • Lincoln Chafee laid out views on immigration at the Unite Iowa Immigration Forum on August 29, 2015, saying that it should be an international issue with the United Nations leading the process. He also said it was impractical to deport all of the undocumented immigrants in America, advocating, instead, that America address the root cause of the difficulties.[1]
  • Speaking at the Iowa Federation of Labor Presidential Forum on August 6, 2015, Chafee expressed support for immigration reform legislation first drafted in 2005 by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).[2][3]
  • Chafee joined 13 other governors in a 2013 letter encouraging John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi to create a bipartisan immigration solution. The letter outlined three components this immigration reform should include: (1) a pathway to citizenship that includes the payment of taxes and a penalty, (2) a replacement for the “guest worker” visa program and (3) the provision of visas to foreign graduate students in science and math.[4]
  • In 2006, Chafee voted against HR 6061 - Secure Fence Act of 2006, which called for the installation of 700 miles of fencing to protect the border between the United States and Mexico.[5]
  • In a 2006 senatorial debate, Chafee suggested successful immigration reform must consider the poverty in countries immigrants are leaving. Chafee stated his own experience working illegally in Canada when he was 23 years old has influenced his opinion on immigration.[6]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pilot Tribune, "Immigration forum spurs impassioned, but civil debate," September 1, 2015
  2. ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Democratic candidates pledge labor-friendly White House," August 6, 2015
  3. ↑ The Washington Post, "Democratic presidential hopefuls — minus Clinton — court labor leaders in Iowa," August 6, 2015
  4. ↑ Governor of Delaware, “Democratic Governors’ Letter to Boehner and Pelosi,” July 17, 2013
  5. ↑ Congress.gov, “H.R.6061 - Secure Fence Act of 2006,” accessed May 5, 2015
  6. ↑ C-SPAN, “Rhode Island Republican Senate Primary Debate,” August 26, 2006
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