2611,Vote 150, 109th 2611,Vote 150, 109th Congress, ] Congress, ] Executive action Supported Supported Supported Believed Supported immigration action. immigration action immigration action. immigration action immigration action. [MSNBC, ] as Vice President. [Talking Points Memo, was within [Press Release, Office [CNN, ] ] presidential powers. of Senator Sanders, ] [Richmond ] Approach for handling Supported sending Supported sending Opposed sending Supported housing Said he would look children at the border unaccompanied unaccompanied unaccompanied children, called to place minors back to minors back to home minors back to home crisis a refugee and unaccompanied home countries. countries. countries. not an immigration minors in Rhode [Huffington Post, ] House, ] [Washington Post, ] issue. [Ed Show, Island, but was not MSNBC, 7/16/14] asked to do so by a federal agency. [Washington Post, ] Driver’s licenses for 2015: Supported 2007: Opposed Supported driver’s Voted against a bill Supported driver’s undocumented driver’s licenses for driver’s licenses for licenses for that sought to crack licenses for immigrants. undocumented undocumented undocumented down on illegal undocumented immigrants. immigrants without immigrants. immigrant drivers. immigrants. [Huffington Post, ] comprehensive [@GovernorOMalley, [NBC News, ] [Associated Press, ] immigration reform. Twitter, ] 2008: Opposed [Democratic Primary driver’s licenses for Debate, ] undocumented immigrants equivocating on the issue at a Democratic primary debate. [Huffington Post, ] Guest workers / H1B 2007: Supported Opposed expansion Supported visas raising the cap on of H1B visas. program. “The H1B visas. [Computer bottom line is that [New York Times, ] World, ] feel, very much, that a lot of the initiative 2009: As Secretary behind these guest of State, did not workers programs, a firmly support H1B very large expansion visas, echoing of guest worker Obama programs H2B — administration visas would go up to hesitation. [Computer as many as 195,000, World, ] H1B to as many as 205,000 a year is — coming from large corporations who want cheap labor from abroad.” [Washington Post, ] Wanted to rein in worker program. [New York Times, ]
2611,Vote 150, 109th Congress, ] 2611,Vote 150, 109th Congress, ] Executive action Supported immigration action. [MSNBC, ] Supported immigration action as Vice President. [CNN, ] Supported immigration action. [Talking Points Memo, ] Believed immigration action was within presidential powers. [Richmond ] Supported immigration action. [Press Release, Office of Senator Sanders, ] Approach for handling children at the border Supported sending unaccompanied minors back to home countries. [Huffington Post, ] Supported sending unaccompanied minors back to home countries. House, ] Opposed sending unaccompanied minors back to home countries. [Washington Post, ] Supported housing children, called crisis a refugee and not an immigration issue. [Ed Show, MSNBC, 7/16/14] Said he would look to place unaccompanied minors in Rhode Island, but was not asked to do so by a federal agency. [Washington Post, ] Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. 2015: Supported driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. [Huffington Post, ] 2008: Opposed driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants equivocating on the issue at a Democratic primary debate. [Huffington Post, ] 2007: Opposed driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants without comprehensive immigration reform. [Democratic Primary Debate, ] Supported driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. [@GovernorOMalley, Twitter, ] Voted against a bill that sought to crack down on illegal immigrant drivers. [NBC News, ] Supported driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. [Associated Press, ] Guest workers / H1B visas 2007: Supported raising the cap on H1B visas. [Computer World, ] 2009: As Secretary of State, did not firmly support H1B visas, echoing Obama administration hesitation. [Computer World, ] Opposed expansion of H1B visas. “The bottom line is that feel, very much, that a lot of the initiative behind these guest workers programs, a very large expansion of guest worker programs — H2B visas would go up to as many as 195,000, H1B to as many as 205,000 a year — is coming from large corporations who want cheap labor from abroad.” [Washington Post, ] Wanted to rein in worker program. [New York Times, ] Supported program. [New York Times, ]
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