Immigration

Secure Borders. Humane Policies. Common-Sense Immigration Reform.

America is a nation of laws — and a nation of immigrants. We can be both. I believe in protecting our borders, fixing a broken immigration system, and treating people with dignity. That means investing in smart security, streamlining legal immigration, and creating a clear, fair path to legal residency for those who contribute to our communities.

No chaos. No cruelty. Just common-sense solutions that reflect our values and protect our future.

Immigration has been the Democratic Party's major downfall in recent elections. 

And in my opinion, it’s because we’ve been doing it wrong. 

America needs secure borders.

There are people in this world who would gladly sacrifice their lives to blow us off the map. 

We can’t just let them hop off a boat in Mexico and wander in the back door unannounced.

The scourge of fentanyl and other deadly illicit substances flowing into our country has already taken too many young and promising lives.

But that doesn't mean we have to demonize Mexicans or anyone else who wants a better life in America. 

On the contrary, I believe the current immigration system of hiring a sketchy coyote and braving a hazardous desert crossing is cruel and unfair.

I would replace the coyote gambit with a strategic, merit-based  system to attract the world’s best and brightest scientists, innovators and artists. My personal hope is that doing this would also allow us to offer a meaningful degree of humanitarian entry to escape poverty and oppression. My additional hope- and research backs this-  is that these rescue immigrants would gladly work to strengthen the nation that saved them.

For those already here, every undocumented immigrant I’ve talked to about this WANTS to pay taxes and be a part of the system. Let’s let them get SS numbers, start paying taxes, and work towards full legal residency. And if they don’t want to register and pay taxes, they can go back home. 

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