Hillary Clinton Plans a More Humane Approach on Immigration (Hillary Grp)
Oct.6
9:20 am ET By Alan Rappeport
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/06/hillary-clinton-plans-a-more-humane-approach-on-immigration/
Hillary Clinton Plans a More Humane Approach on Immigration
Hillary Rodham Clinton at a town hall-style meeting in Manchester, N.H., on Monday.Credit Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times
Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been distancing herself from the Obama administration on the environment and foreign policy, has now added immigration to the list.
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In an interview with Telemundo, Mrs. Clinton said that Mr. Obama has done a lot on behalf of immigrants in his tenure, but that in some cases his administrations enforcement policies were interpreted and imposed too aggressively.
It was part of a strategy, Mrs. Clinton said, explaining that
Mr. Obama was being tough in hopes that it would help spur Republicans to the table to pass comprehensive immigration reform. I think that strategy is no longer workable. So therefore I think we have to go back to being a much less harsh and aggressive enforcer.
Mrs. Clinton went on to say that she would, of course, actively work to deport felons and violent people. However, she pointed to instances in which people were deported because of minor or old traffic offenses and said that it would be wrong to disrupt families overs such infractions.
I just dont believe in that, said Mrs. Clinton, who promised to fight for a comprehensive immigration reform package if she is elected. I think everybody is entitled to a second chance..............