John Edwards’ Health Care Event in Dubuque
posted in Candidates, Immigration, Issues, John Edwards (D) |Original source: http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/2/20/114718/542
Q: Border security and illegal immigration are a threat to our security and our future:
A: We have three choices on illegal immigration.
1. Pretend that there is no problem.
2. Find 11-12 million people who live in the country and deport them.
3. Solve the problems that arise mostly with our southern border.
Of course we know there is a problem. We can address the problem at our southern border by assigning more personnel and equipping them with better technology to police the border.
As for the people who are living here now who came illegally, this is an issue that is used to divide Americans. But what we need to do is to do what is morally right and what is practical to move ahead. The practical thing we can do is to provide a path to citizenship to those who are here illegally but are otherwise law-abiding. First, they will have to come forward and admit that they came here illegally and pay a fine. They will have to learn to speak English. Then they can move through the process for citizenship.
