Issue Position: Secure the Border and Fix Illegal Immigration

Issue Position

Protect and Defend Our Southern Border. First and foremost, we need to hire, train, and deploy new Border Patrol agents and complete the border fence.

Make E-Verify and Electronic Entry-Exit System Mandatory. All employers must be required to confirm the legal status of any new hires through a mandatory E-Verify system. We must also deploy an electronic Entry-Exit system at all international air and sea ports of entry in the U.S.

Require Illegal Immigrants to Register with the Government. Illegal immigrants should be forced to live under our rules, not theirs. It is essential that we pursue reforms that will bring an end to the unsustainable problem of 11 million illegal immigrants currently in our country living outside the bounds of legal structures. The status quo is de-facto amnesty. All illegal immigrants must be required to make restitution by paying steep fines, registering with the government, paying taxes on income, learning English, and getting in line behind every single legal immigrant if they want to apply for citizenship.

Rescind Unconstitutional Executive Orders. The complex challenges of illegal immigration cannot be addressed by President Obama's preferred method of issuing executive orders and subverting our Constitution. Only by committing to consensus-driven, common-sense reforms through transparent, constitutional means can we secure our nation and our borders. We need presidential leadership, not usurpation.

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