Immigration

Both parties have been complicit in creating a highly dysfunctional immigration system in the United States. Millions of would-be American citizens remain gridlocked in an unmanageable backlog of asylum and naturalization applications. Meanwhile, insufficient border security in recent years has allowed millions more to bypass our immigration process altogether. We have been failing to uphold our Constitutional commitment to due process, while also neglecting our basic duties of national security. At the same time, immigration has long been, and remains, vital to the prosperity of our country.

Political compromise is necessary to ensure a secure southern border while also acknowledging immigration as a core American value. As a nation, it is time to devise fair, functional, and publicly supported immigration policies that prevent illegal immigration while also streamlining the legal immigration process to ensure the hard-working men and women seeking opportunity in our country can do so.