Thread: MN: Budget, immigration among topics at governor's debate

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Budget, immigration among topics at governor's debate
by Tim Pugmire, Minnesota Public Radio
October 3, 2010


St. Paul, Minn. — DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton says the federal government -- not the state -- needs to address immigration reform.

Dayton, Republican Tom Emmer and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner discussed immigration and an array of other issues Sunday, during a debate sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council and other organizations.

Dayton told the crowd of several hundred people that immigration enforcement would hurt community policing efforts. He blamed extreme right-wing politics for preventing a federal solution.

"That's where it needs to occur. That's under the U.S. Constitution," said Dayton. "It is a federal responsibility, and hopefully the environment will be such that that can be undertaken soon. Therefore, states taking their own initiatives separately I think is counter-productive."

Republican Tom Emmer, who has praised Arizona's restrictive immigration law, said he doesn't want any new state immigration laws, but he would push for federal action if elected.

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The only Federal action I want to see is a Mandate that every State law enforcement agency enforce federal immigration law!

Not Policy but the actual laws passed in 86 and 96.