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Michele Bachmann and Immigration:

It goes without saying that Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn) stance on Immigration aligns itself almost perfectly with the rest of the GOP's stance on the same issue. The former presidential candidate hopeful made quite a few statements about her views on immigration and especially the subject of "illegal immigrants" during her visits to towns across the United States. In relation to those people who have entered the United States without the proper documentation required to do so, Bachmann plans on deporting the 10-12 million. She promised in at least one particular speech that she would use legislation to oust the immigrants who have entered "illegally." She chided the ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on their lack of competence and inability to find and deport undocumented immigrants. Bachmann promised to repair the ICE and ensure that it performs its intended task while simultaneously eradicating safe havens or "sanctuaries," which are cities in which the ICE and other authorities turn a blid eye to or ignore the large undocumented immigrant population. Moreover, at a campaign visit in Iowa in 2011, when asked what she would do for the children of undocumented immigrants, she repeated her firm stance. She said she would refuse to grant citizenship to those children who were brought into the United States without documentation and stated her desire to end the "anchor baby program." Bachmann considers granting citizenship to such children as giving amnesty to their parents' actions. She believes that doing so would do nothing to curb the influx of undocumented immigrants and could perhaps even encourage a new wave of undocumented immigrants to cross the United States border illegally. These remarks made in late 2011 echo her stance in 2010 on the controversial  Immigration Law in Arizona. Bachmann believes in a hard-line and inflexible policy on "illegal immigration." Subsequently, she believes that there should be a greater influx of skilled labourers. She believes it is a good idea to grant immigrant status to engineers and other such highly skilled and trained workers in order to keep corporations from moving out of the United States and outsourcing their work.

Teepee792 (talk) 15:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)