Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Policies on Immigration Issues

Immigration › Immigrant Children

Should adults that are illegally attempting to cross the U.S. border be separated from their children?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseNo, families should be kept together while they are being processed

Immigration › Muslim Immigrants

Should Muslim immigrants be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseNo, but we should ban immigrants from “high risk” countries

Immigration › Immigration

Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseYes, if they were born here

Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants

Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseYes, but after they have finished serving their sentence

Immigration › Sanctuary Cities

Should sanctuary cities receive federal funding?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseNo, and we should ban the use of sanctuary cities

Immigration › Illegal Immigrant Detainment

Should local law enforcement be allowed to detain illegal immigrants for minor crimes and transfer them to federal immigration authorities?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseYes, all illegal immigrants should be turned over to federal authorities and deported

Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation

Should immigrants be required to learn English?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseYes, but the government should provide free language learning courses

Immigration › Immigrant Laborers

Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?

Party’s support baseNo

Immigration › Border Security

Should the U.S. increase restrictions on its current border security policy?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseYes, and allow border states to manage their own security policy

Immigration › Immigration Healthcare

Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseNo, and we should deport all illegal immigrants

Immigration › Border Wall

Should the U.S. build a wall along the southern border?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseYes, but make it a high-tech surveillance barrier instead of a physical one

Immigration › Citizenship Test

Should immigrants be required to pass a citizenship test to demonstrate a basic understanding of our country’s language, history, and government?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseYes, but it should only cover very basic and simple topics

Immigration › In-State Tuition

Should undocumented immigrants be offered in-state tuition rates at public colleges within their residing state?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseNo, and all illegal immigrants should be deported

Immigration › Dual Citizenship

Should immigrants to the United States be allowed to hold dual citizenship status?

Dwight D. Eisenhower voterbaseYes, unless they have committed a crime

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