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John Hickenlooper on Immigration
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Need a comprehensive reevaluation of our immigration laws
We are a country built on immigration. We have more job openings than we have people looking for work. We've got to reevaluate our entire immigration system. We need more workers to help bring in our crops, where last fall we were leaving some of our
fruits and vegetables in the fields and unharvested. Whether we need more electrical engineers to keep our tech industry at the front of the global competition. That's all got to be incorporated into a comprehensive treatment of immigration.
Source: Meet the Press 2019 interviews for 2020 Democratic primary
, Mar 31, 2019
Crazy to drive out 11 million illegal immigrants
John Hickenlooper said during his first trip to Iowa as a candidate that it would be "crazy" to drive out everyone who's in the U.S. illegally. Hickenlooper is positioning himself as a uniter who can get things done. On immigration,
Hickenlooper said both sides need to sit down and that hardliners must accept some realities. "To think we're ever in this country, that was founded and defined by immigrants, to expel 10 million to 11 million people is crazy," Hickenlooper said.
Source: Sacramento Bee on 2019 SXSW conference
, Mar 9, 2019
Family separation policy is cruel and un-American
- Immigration and border security: Opposes family separation policy.
- Hickenlooper signed an executive order as governor prohibiting the use of Colorado state resources to help implement the Trump administration's family separation policy at the
southern border, calling the policy "cruel and un-American."
- Hickenlooper also did not send any National Guard troops to the southern border when Trump called on governors to do so in 2018.
Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls
, Mar 4, 2019
Stringent verification process for Syrian refugees
Colorado's governor isn't ruling out Syrian refugees.
But Gov. John Hickenlooper says the federal government needs to make sure the verification process for refugees is "as stringent as possible."
Source: ABC News on Syrian Refugee Crisis
, Nov 16, 2015
Not soft on immigration, but against Arizona immigration law
During the 2010 campaign, Hickenlooper vehemently denied his opponents' charge that he was soft on illegal immigration and pointed to the thousands of individuals Denver referred to the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement under his mayorship. Hickenlooper opposed the controversial immigration law Arizona passed in 2010.
Source: WhoRunsGov.com, profile on John Hickenlooper
, Nov 9, 2011
Protect DREAMers instead of deporting them.
Hickenlooper signed Letter from 11 Governors to Congressional leadership
Nearly 800,000 young people eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA)--known as "Dreamers"--played no role in the decision to come here and they have known no other home but the United States.
Already, more than 12,000 Dreamers have lost their protective status and are susceptible to deportation. This is not a theoretical peril, but in fact an immediate and urgent one, because more than 100 young people in our cities and towns are losing their protective status every day. Those numbers will accelerate dramatically without a legislative fix.
We stand with these young American immigrants not only because it is good for our communities and a strong American 21st century economy, but also because it is the right thing for our nation to do. DACA recipients have subjected themselves to extensive background and security checks in order to work and attend college.
They are studying at our universities. They are working to support themselves and their families, paying taxes and contributing to their communities in a myriad of ways. In the absence of congressional action providing for a permanent resolution, the termination of DACA puts these young people and their families in peril, and will destabilize our schools, workplaces and communities.
We recognize the complexities and challenges created by this issue, but swift, successful action is needed, action that can build momentum to reassure policymakers that progress on other immigration challenges is possible as well. As a bipartisan coalition of governors, we stand ready to help.
Source: Letter from 11 Governors to Congressional leadership 18LTR-DACA on Dec 20, 2017
Page last updated: Jun 03, 2019