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Tulsi Gabbard’s policies on immigration issues

These issues below are sorted in descending order based on how important the average American voter ranked them on the quiz.

Topics

Immigration  ›  Deporting Criminal Immigrants

Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes, but after they have finished serving their sentence

Immigration  ›  Immigration Healthcare

Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseNo

Immigration  ›  Border Security

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

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes

Immigration  ›  Illegal Immigrant Detainment

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

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes

Immigration  ›  Border Wall

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

  Public statementsYes, but make it a high-tech surveillance barrier instead of a physical one


Immigration  ›  Immigrant Laborers

Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?

  Public statementsYes, create a simple path to citizenship for immigrants with no criminal record

Immigration  ›  Sanctuary Cities

Should sanctuary cities receive federal funding?

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseNo, and we should ban the use of sanctuary cities

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?

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes, but it should only cover very basic and simple topics

Immigration  ›  Immigration

Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?

  Public statementsYes

Immigration  ›  Border Emergency Declaration

Should the U.S. declare a national emergency at the Mexico border?

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes

Immigration  ›  Immigrant Assimilation

Should immigrants be required to learn English?

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes, and remove multilingual translations from government documents and services

Immigration  ›  Skilled Immigrants

Should the US increase or decrease the amount of temporary work visas given to high-skilled immigrant workers?

  Voting recordIncrease

Immigration  ›  In-State Tuition

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

  Public statementsNo

Immigration  ›  High Risk Immigrant Ban

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

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes

Immigration  ›  Asylum Seekers in Mexico

Should asylum seekers be required to remain in Mexico while their cases are processed?

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes

Immigration  ›  Dual Citizenship

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

  Tulsi Gabbard voterbaseYes, but they should not be able to claim citizenship status of more than two nations