Issue Position: Immigration

Issue Position

The United States takes great pride in being a nation of immigrants. Since our founding, the men and women who have come to this country from around the world have been integral to our society, bringing skills and talents that help ensure we remain competitive in a global economy.

Immigration is fundamentally a question of talent. And any attempt to improve our broken immigration system should strive to attract and retain the most talented people in the world who will help build a 21st century economy.

For far too long, our immigration system has placed undue burdens on legal immigrants and kept millions of others living in the shadows of our society. I will support a bipartisan approach to immigration reform that will provide a better visa system to encourage growth of a talented workforce, enhance our border security, create a path to normalizing the legal status of those here unlawfully following compliance with various requirements such as payment of taxes and a fine and establish a better system for companies to verify the immigration status of their employees.

I support the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act to ensure students brought to the United States by their parents are not penalized, but instead given a meaningful opportunity to educate themselves and, if they choose to, serve in our nation's military, thereby becoming productive members of this country.

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