Former IL Senator; Democratic Candidate for President
Amnesty & driver's licenses for undocumented workers
Q: What about giving undocumented immigrants access to driver's licenses?
BRAUN: I would agree with legalization. Those who live here ought to be able to get driver's license, ought to be able to participate as citizens participate. We need to be
normalize our relations with documented, as well as undocumented people who are here in the US. It doesn't matter if you came to this country on the Mayflower or a slave ship, across the Rio Grande or through Ellis Island, we are all in the same boat now
Source: Democratic Primary Debate, Albuquerque New Mexico
Sep 4, 2003
Increase the eligibility of legal immigrants for certain social programs
Require the INS to reduce to six months the time between applying for citizenship and taking the oath of allegiance
Provide extra federal aid to states with higher numbers of immigrants for necessary medical and social services
Prohibit states from passing laws that deny human services (medical care, education) to illegal immigrants or their children.
Source: 1998 Congressional National Political Awareness Test
Jul 2, 1998
Voted NO on allowing more foreign workers into the U.S. for farm work.
Vote to create a national registry containing names of U.S. workers who want to perform temporary or seasonal agricultural work, and to require the Attorney General to allow more foreign workers into the U.S. for farm work under H-2A visas.
