Concise summaries in eight issue areas
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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate ReleaseContact: Dan Gordon, 617-651-0841June 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. 

As 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 candidates 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.  To meet the real challenges at our border, we’ve proposed a pragmatic framework and have found widespread support for its elements. Republicans and Democrats alike also still want solutions for Dreamers." 

Murray is available for interview.  

The Forum’s 2024 immigration principles read 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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