Alabama Senate Candidates on Immigration
GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore has been in the news concerning allegations about past relationships with minors. For many, Moore’s conduct is disqualifying for election to the Senate.
Moore’s conservative views are getting much less attention than the current scandal. Here are Moore’s positions on immigration as posted on his campaign website:
“We must stop the flow of illegal aliens across both our northern and southern borders. Open borders are a threat to our national security and to our economy.
We must allow willing states (like Arizona) to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens, and use our own military to protect our border. If a wall is our only option, then we should build it immediately.”
This sounds similar to views expressed by President Trump.
Democratic candidate Doug Jones, who prosecuted two members of the Ku Klux Klan who murdered four black girls in a church bombing, has very different views on immigration. Here is what he said about DACA:
“I support the DACA program and would support the DREAM Act or similar legislation to ensure young people brought here as children who have never known any other nation can remain in the United States. Children and young adults in the DACA program are contributing members of our society, serving in the military and owning businesses that employ Americans. More than 109,000 of the DACA participants served in the military and naturalized as citizens as of 2015. In 2016 alone, 359 DACA recipients enlisted in the U.S. Army. DACA participants must maintain clean records and pass background checks and are not threats – simply the product of their parents and grandparents seeking to give them a better life.”
KJ