Thread: Sessions has immigration questions for candidates

http://sessions.senate.gov/forms/Real_I ... oadmap.pdf

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REAL IMMIGRATION REFORM
A Roadmap for Demonstrating Presidential Credibility on One of America’s Most Important Issues

I. SECURE THE BORDER

1. Border Fence and National Guard: If elected President, will you secure the border, including completing
construction of the 700 mile southern border fence required by the Secure Fence Act, constructing more miles if
needed, and keeping the National Guard on the border until it is secured?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

2. Border Prosecutions: If elected President, will you deter illegal entry by expanding the already successful Zero
Tolerance Prosecution Policy (Operation Streamline) from 3 to all 20 border sectors, and support statutory
mandatory minimums for the crimes of illegal entry, reentry, and reentry after deportation for any felony?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

3. Control Visa Overstays: If elected President, will you give our immigration system integrity by completing the
10-year past due exit portion of The USVISIT (Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology) system and
eliminate other weaknesses in the system so that future visa overstays can be identified?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

II. END THE MAGNET AT THE WORKPLACE
4. Enforceable Employer Verification System: If elected President, will you end the jobs magnet by requiring all
employers to use the electronic verification system to check the legal status of all employees, reduce fraud by
decreasing the number of documents employers must accept to prove legal status, and will you offer cooperating
employers a safe harbor?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

5. Biometric ID Card For All Non-Citizens: If elected President, will you require a biometric (fingerprint encoded)
identification card for all aliens authorized to work?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

6. Eliminate Identity Theft: If elected President, will you increase security for legal workers by requiring social
security earnings statements to list all employers reporting wages under an individual’s social security number so
that fraudulent use of that number can be spotted and will you fight to keep using "no match notices" as evidence
that employers knew they were employing an illegal alien under a social security number issued to someone else?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

III. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
7. Form Effective Partnerships: If elected President, will you form effective immigration enforcement partnerships
with state and local law enforcement by clarifying their authority to enforce federal immigration laws, deputizing state
and local officers in every state (through the 287(g) program), offering a basic training course for all state and local
officers, and compensating state and local entities for immigration enforcement related expenses?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

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8. Federal Response To State And Local Arrests: If elected President, will you promptly evaluate the 27% of
prisoners that are non-citizens so that illegal alien criminals can be processed and deported at the end of their
sentences, and will you implement a mandatory federal response to state and local law enforcement when they
apprehend an illegal alien for a DUI, child abuse crime, or any felony?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

9. End Catch and Release: If elected President, will you put an end to the existing policy that allows illegal aliens
caught inside our country to be released on bail after their arrest while they await their initial court appearance?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

10. List Illegal Aliens In the NCIC: If elected President, will you immediately expand the National Crime Information
Center’s (NCIC) Immigration Violators File to include: (A) aliens against whom a final order of removal has been
issued; (B) aliens who have signed a voluntary departure agreement; (C) aliens who have overstayed their authorized
period of stay; and (D) aliens whose visas have been revoked?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

IV. DISCOURAGE SANCTUARIES
11. Deny Federal Funds: If elected President, will you encourage compliance with Federal law by implementing a
reduction of at least 10% of discretionary federal grants and highway funds to cities, states, universities, and other
entities that undermine Federal law by implementing sanctuary policies, issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, or
offering education benefits to illegal aliens (such as in-state tuition) that are not available to all legal residents and
citizens?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

12. Close Financial Loopholes: If elected President, will you rewrite the Treasury regulations to close the loophole that
allows illegal aliens to open U.S. based bank accounts?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

V. IMPROVE THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION PROCESS
13. Replace Visa Lottery and Chain Migration with Merit Based Immigration System: If elected President, will you
eliminate the visa lottery program and change current preference categories that guarantee automatic entry for aging
parents and extended family members and replace it with a system that fairly and objectively evaluates at least 50% of
applicants based on characteristics such as education, skills, English ability, and age?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

14. Pathway to Citizenship: If elected President, will you take a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens off the table?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

15. Seek Necessary Authority: If elected President, will you ask Congress for necessary laws or funds to execute these
commitments?
â–¡Yes or â–¡ No

By signing this document, I express to the American people that I understand the challenges of ending illegal
immigration, I am personally committed to that goal, and I will take the actions reasonable and necessary to
achieve it.
________________________________________________ _____________________
(Signature of Candidate) (Date)

Cant wait for the responses... should be interesting

Related story from the National Review:

January 25, 2008 12:00 AM

Immigration Sessions
Reform depends on the next president.

By Mark Hemingway

Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions — one of Congress’s most forceful voices for immigration reform — contends that Congress has ignored increasingly urgent pleas from the American people to do something about this grave problem. One in three immigrants, and one in 25 U.S. residents, are here illegally. Delivering an address on the issue at the Heritage Foundation on Thursday, Sessions argued that headway is being made in curbing illegal immigration but that the current presidential election will likely determine whether or not progress continues to be made.

“New statistics illustrate the effectiveness of just a couple of targeted border activities. Illegal entries at the border are down by approximately 20 percent,â€

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Cant wait for the responses... should be interesting

Any candidate that dodges Session's questions is hiding something and is not fit to run for President.

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BTTT

If all our congresscritters were like Mr. Sessions we wouldn't have to watch them like hawks. I wish he was a candidate.

I'm also curious about the anchor baby problem.

Hi relaffo, welcome aboard!

Yep, you make good points - I guess, we'll all have to keep an eye on that to see what develops...

Welcome to ALIPAC relaffo!