Ben McAdams on Immigration

Give DREAMers a path to citizenship

A: Our federal immigration system is broken. I supported the bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill that passed the Senate in 2013. We are a nation of immigrants but we are also a nation of laws. No one should be entering this country illegally. That means giving border patrol agents the personnel & technology they need to stop illegal immigration at the border. It requires upgrading our e-verify background check system to ensure that employers are not hiring illegals that do get through our border.

We should improve the legal immigration process for individuals seeking to come here legally. I support the DREAM Act which would provide a path to citizenship for the immigrants who were brought here as children and who are working, pursuing education, serving in the military and for whom this country is the only home they have ever known.

PVS:Let illegal immigrants apply for citizenship.

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