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Dear Friend,
Several days ago I spoke to a group of teenagers at the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles. All of them had come here from other countries, the majority of them from Latin America, many having literally walked to California from their native countries.
What level of desperation would propel a parent to cross some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world in order to seek a better life for themselves and their children? The answer, of course, is extreme violence and danger - much of it at the hands of the drug cartels. But United States foreign policy over the last few decades has not helped to stabilize the economics and societies of Latin American countries, so much as it has in many ways exacerbated the problems.
We must take responsibility for our part in the border crisis, and approach it differently. In this as in so many areas, my value as President will be a willingness to think about issues in a new way, in order that we might find new solutions.
As President, I would recognize that drugs are a social and mental health issue, not simply a criminal one. By decriminalizing and regulating drugs, turning addiction into a health rather than a criminal issue, we will cut off much of the market that the drug cartels depend on.
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With my new friends in L.A.
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In addition, U.S. immigration policy is forcing millions of undocumented people to live in the shadows - people who want nothing more than to seek legal citizenship. Our laws make it harder rather than easier for many hard-working people - who pay taxes and get no benefits from them, who contribute to our society and economy much more than they take from it — to have a chance at the blessings of our democracy.
The biggest crisis at the border is a humanitarian one , the trauma inflicted by millions of people in their native countries and then in too many ways inflicted anew when they reach our border. When my campaign for the presidency is successful, this will change. Orderly, legal ways to immigrate into the United States should be the norm, not the exception. And I will make sure of it. You can read more about my immigration policy here. [[link removed]]
The kids I met at the Union Rescue Mission were as full of positive energy and creative potential as any other teenagers I have met. They deserve a life in which they can spread their wings and soar. Please donate generously so we can make it so.
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Thank you,
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