Immigration is shaping up to be
one of the most contentious and emotional topics in the 2016 presidential race.
It's also one on which candidates' views aren't yet fully formed.
It turns out that nailing down
candidates' stances on immigration is really hard. They change their minds (or,
at least, their messaging) fairly often, and they place a lot of conditions on
what they want: mandatory E-Verify, but only if the system is revamped to work
better. A path to legal status, but only
once the border is secure (which raises another question: Does "secure
border" mean the same thing to everyone?).
But it's worth it to figure this
out. After research and reaching out to campaigns, here's our rundown of where
candidates fall on six different immigration policy questions. (We plan to do
this for other topics throughout the campaign season, as well. Check out our
climate change table here.)
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