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**PRESS RELEASE**For Immediate Release
Contact:??Dan Gordon mailto:
[email protected], 617-651-0841
June 28, 2024
**New Resource Compares Candidates' Immigration Platforms**??
**WASHINGTON, D.C.??**- A comparative analysis published yesterday shines light on President Biden's and former President Trump's immigration-related policy positions.??
With voters consistently ranking immigration as a top issue, the subject came up in the first presidential debate. This resource offers voters a concise summary in eight issue areas.??
The platform comparison is posted??online [link removed].??
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**Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum**, said beforehand:????
"A better conversation on the border and immigration is possible. Americans want lasting border and immigration solutions, no matter the political narratives the candidates employ.??Voters want [link removed] who??offer??border and immigration solutions that combine security, order and compassion and avoid rhetoric that criminalizes,??dehumanizes??and foments fear.????
"The candidates should talk about immigration in??a way that reflects deeply rooted American values [link removed].?? To meet the??real challenges??at our border,??we've??proposed a??pragmatic??framework [link removed] have found??widespread support [link removed] its elements. Republicans and Democrats alike also??still want solutions for Dreamers [link removed]."??
**Murray is available for interview.??**??
The Forum's??2024 immigration principles [link removed] as follows:????
For a better immigration system in the United States, we must:????
* Show compassion and justice to longtime residents, including Dreamers, by allowing them an opportunity to earn lawful status and citizenship.????
* Continue our moral leadership in the world as a welcoming and compassionate nation that offers refuge to the persecuted.????
* Honor the human dignity of all people through our words and actions.????
* Address the need for safety and security on the border and in our communities. Promote community trust and safety by focusing immigration enforcement on threats to public safety and national security and preserving federal leadership in setting immigration enforcement policy.????
* Enable fair and orderly legal immigration that continues to solidify our global economic leadership. Modernize laws to reduce backlogs and improve work visa programs for current and future workers.????
* Defend the longstanding constitutional principle of birthright citizenship.??
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