Hillary Clinton, the wife of former president, Bill Clinton, is in the Democratic lead for President in the 2016 elections. Hillary has been closely involved with the United States government since 1993, when she was the first lady of the United States. She cosponsored the DREAM Act in 2003, 2005, and 2007. Clinton also introduced the Legal Immigrant Children’s Health Improvement Act to Congress in 2007 for immigrant children to get healthcare as soon as they came to the United States instead of having to wait for five years. Hillary Clinton is also known to distort her opinion on government policies. While Clinton might be lying about what she plans for the future of illegal immigration in America for the winning vote, her immigration reform
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Hillary Clinton has proposed other alternatives for immigrants that have come here illegally and they don’t pose a flight or public safety risk. If they have a criminal record or they are acting violently, they would stay in the detention center; otherwise she would like for these people to be on a supervised release. She is against privately owned immigration detention centers because, “these corporations treat detainees like criminals and prevent them from seeking legal representation” (Mook 2001). Clinton would like for the government to own the detention centers instead of privately owned companies. According to Clinton, “private corporations and private industry incentives that may contribute- or have the appearance of contributing- to over-incarceration” (Mook 2001). Private detention centers seem like they are contributing to the over-incarceration of illegal immigrants in the United States prisons is because they are treating all illegal immigrants like they are criminals even if they are hardworking people who haven’t committed any crimes besides crossing the border …show more content…
In 2006, Clinton voted for the construction of the wall along the Mexican-American border, also known as the Secure Fence Act of 2006, when she was the senator of New York. In 2007, Hillary Clinton supported to not give illegal immigrants a driver’s license, and she said this in her run against Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential elections.
Hillary Clinton may have said these things in the past, but she might not have known what she was talking about then. Clinton could have changed her mind on these issues because she has visited Mexico many times since then. She has also learned about many immigrations situations when she was secretary of state and she was then able to better understand international affairs and understand the plight of people trying to immigrate to the US.
In either case, Hillary Clinton’s immigration reform will work with the current immigration problem the United States is currently facing. Clinton’s immigration reform will create an easier path to citizenship for current illegal immigrants, incoming immigrants, and future immigrants. Her immigration reform will also close private detention centers to humanize the immigration enforcement by having the authorities view illegal immigrants as human beings and as equals. Hillary Clinton’s immigration reform will, most importantly, keep and reunite
Hillary Clinton has proposed other alternatives for immigrants that have come here illegally and they don’t pose a flight or public safety risk. If they have a criminal record or they are acting violently, they would stay in the detention center; otherwise she would like for these people to be on a supervised release. She is against privately owned immigration detention centers because, “these corporations treat detainees like criminals and prevent them from seeking legal representation” (Mook 2001). Clinton would like for the government to own the detention centers instead of privately owned companies. According to Clinton, “private corporations and private industry incentives that may contribute- or have the appearance of contributing- to over-incarceration” (Mook 2001). Private detention centers seem like they are contributing to the over-incarceration of illegal immigrants in the United States prisons is because they are treating all illegal immigrants like they are criminals even if they are hardworking people who haven’t committed any crimes besides crossing the border …show more content…
In 2006, Clinton voted for the construction of the wall along the Mexican-American border, also known as the Secure Fence Act of 2006, when she was the senator of New York. In 2007, Hillary Clinton supported to not give illegal immigrants a driver’s license, and she said this in her run against Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential elections.
Hillary Clinton may have said these things in the past, but she might not have known what she was talking about then. Clinton could have changed her mind on these issues because she has visited Mexico many times since then. She has also learned about many immigrations situations when she was secretary of state and she was then able to better understand international affairs and understand the plight of people trying to immigrate to the US.
In either case, Hillary Clinton’s immigration reform will work with the current immigration problem the United States is currently facing. Clinton’s immigration reform will create an easier path to citizenship for current illegal immigrants, incoming immigrants, and future immigrants. Her immigration reform will also close private detention centers to humanize the immigration enforcement by having the authorities view illegal immigrants as human beings and as equals. Hillary Clinton’s immigration reform will, most importantly, keep and reunite