Carly Fiorina on Immigration

Summary

Carly Fiorina states on her campaign website that she favors securing the border with a technology centric approach.  She favors a more effective VISA program and possibly a seasonal agricultural system.  She supports the state of Arizona's attempt to control immigration.  While Carly Fiorina has stated that no news laws are required to secure the border, she has stopped short of asking for actual enforcement of valid US immigration laws.

Fox News Interview

In a Fox News interview, Carly Fiorina stated that she supported the Arizona immigration law and that she felt that it was merely a reaction to the inaction of the federal government. 

WALLACE: On illegal immigration, you support the Arizona crackdown — the new law in Arizona. What do you say to those Latino voters — and that’s a big voting bloc in California who say this is going to lead to racial profiling?

FIORINA: I am very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements I’ve received. When I talk with member of the Latino community…what they say to me is, you know what, this is a question of criminals crossing the border. The truth is this: the federal government isn’t doing its job. It’s the federal goverment’s job to secure the border. The Obama administration has defunded securing the border. And while Barbara Boxer stands up and challenges the constitutionality of the Arizona law and villifies the people of Arizona, what she should be doing — what I’d be doing — is figuratively standing on the President’s desk and saying “Mr. President, the federal government needs to do its job and secure the border.”

Kitchen Cabinet Interview

In an interview with a group called the kitchen cabinet.us, Carly Fiorina notes that President Obama does not need new laws to enforce immigration law.

DC Press conference

At a press conference in DC in November, Carly Fiorina displayed luke-warm feelings towards enforcing immigration law.

Our borders aren’t secure, and we don’t have a temporary worker program that works. What I will argue for in the U.S. Senate is, let’s solve real problems by doing things we know how to get done and that we can get done. Let’s not boil the ocean on every issue.

Campaign Website Statements

Immigration

“Our borders aren’t secure, and we don’t have a temporary worker program that works. … Let’s solve real problems by doing things we know how to get done and that we can get done.”

- Carly Fiorina

Immigration made our nation great. The United States is blessed with a diverse population with diverse backgrounds and diverse beliefs. However, illegal immigration has eroded Americans’ trust in government, threatened our national security and hurt our fellow Californians.

Carly believes that the solution to our nation’s illegal immigration problem must begin with securing our borders. Without secure borders, we cannot begin to have a rational discussion about immigration policy. Technology holds great potential to help in our nation’s security efforts, and Carly believes we should use every tool at our disposal to ensure our borders are secure.

At the same time, Carly is also committed to developing an effective visa program and temporary worker program to support legal immigrants who fulfill important roles in our nation’s economy. An effective temporary worker program for seasonal agricultural employees and visa programs for workers in other high-skill, high-demand industries can help us fill what are often dire employment needs.
 

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