By Leslie Shedd, CARLY for America Press Secretary
July 14, 2015
Unfortunately, the current resident of the White House has made it clear that he has no intentions of enforcing our country’s immigration laws simply because he does not agree with them – yet another example of his blatant disregard for the rule of law. This is one of the reasons we have seen the immigration debate reach such a fevered pitch recently. Americans are frustrated with the Obama Administration’s failure to address this serious issue and are demanding action.
Carly Fiorina has spoken on numerous occasions about where she stands when it comes to immigration – both the illegal and legal immigration problems our country is facing. In essence, Carly believes we must secure the border first and foremost and does not support a pathway to citizenship.
Here are a few of Carly’s comments on immigration to give you a better understanding of where she stands on this issue.
“Let’s just start with the fact that we’ve never secure the border, under either Republicans or Democrats. This isn’t rocket science…In my view we also have to fix the legal immigration system, because it’s been broken for about 25 years now. Everyone talks about comprehensive solutions, but nobody starts with the basics. My own view is that people who have come here illegally and stayed here illegally, that you don’t get a path to citizenship. Perhaps legal status…Well I think legal status is a possibility for sure. Their children maybe could become citizens. My own view is it isn’t fair for people who have played by the rules, and it takes a long time to play by the rules, that you know it just doesn’t matter.” (“Morning Joe,” MSNBC, 6/15/15)
“One, we must secure the border. And until we can demonstrate that we can secure the border, the American people won’t trust that government means what it says, and will do what is says. Secondly, we have to fix the legal immigration system. And finally, while I would support at some point, after we’ve done those things, the ability of people who are here illegally to gain legal status and work, I do not support their path to citizenship. There has to be consequences for those who follow the law, and there have to be consequences for those who do not.” (“The Hugh Hewitt Show,” http://www.hughhewitt.com, 1/9/15)
“The most fundamental responsibility of government is to secure the borders and the homeland and when government does not do basic things, people lose faith in government. They begin to lose trust in government and that loss of faith and trust is corrosive. So we have to secure the border. We have to fix, secondly, our legal immigration system. Our legal immigration system has been broken for decades. It is an example of tinkering around the edges. We have 16 different visa programs. We let in the wrong people. Many of the people – as many as half that are here illegally have overstayed visas. We have to fix it. Finally, we have to decide what to do with the people who are here illegally. I believe there have to be consequences for breaking the law. For me, I would say those who came here illegally will not have the opportunity to become citizens. They may have legal status, but they have foregone the right for citizenship because there have to be consequences for those who have broken the law.” (“Politics and Eggs,” CSPAN, 2/13/15)
“In the end, temporary measures such as the president took right before Christmas will make the problem worse, not better.” (“Politics and Eggs,” CSPAN, 2/13/15)
“Countries all over the world secure their borders, we can do it.” (Craig Robinson, “Fiorina Drawing Good Crowds and Interest in Iowa, The Iowa Republican, 4/23/15)
“Immigration has been a question in every event I have gone to for months and months.” (James Pindell, “Immigration becoming key GOP Issue,” The Boston Globe, 7/12/15)
“Donald Trump taps into an anger that I hear every day. People are angry that a common sense thing like securing the border or ending sanctuary cities is somehow considered extreme. It’s not extreme, it’s common sense. We need to secure the border. People are also angry at a professional political class of both parties that talks a good game, gives good speeches, but somehow nothing ever changes.” (“This Week,” ABC, 7/12/15)
