Immigration and Border Security
Description
Immigration enforcement and mass deportation policies are major flashpoints. The Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement continues to divide the parties, with this issue potentially becoming shutdown fodder in future budget negotiations.
Centercratic Position:
Implement comprehensive reform combining secure borders with legal pathways. Strengthen border infrastructure and enforcement while creating merit-based and humanitarian immigration channels. Provide earned legal status for long-term undocumented residents who meet requirements. End separation of families and mass deportation tactics.
Republican Position:
Pursue "mass deportation," enhanced vetting, border wall expansion, asylum restrictions, and enforcement-focused policies.
Democratic Position:
Emphasize humanitarian protections, pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and oppose aggressive enforcement and family separation policies.
Applicable Principles
Our nine founding principles are the foundation for everything we propose. The principles highlighted below are the ones that speak most directly to this issue.
Principle 1
Safeguard Our Democratic System
Govern through compromise, not domination. Reject extreme tactics by special interests and defend the Constitution for everyone.
Principle 2
Limit Terms for Accountability
Impose term limits on public office to prevent
entrenchment and ensure representatives remain accountable to voters.
Principle 3
Protect Election Integrity
Guarantee transparent, fair, and nonpartisan elections. Uphold certified results and let voters decide outcomes through lawful processes.
Principle 4
One Law
for All
for All
The law applies equally to all.
Independent courts ensure fair process and protect basic rights.
Principle 5
Debate with Facts and Dignity
Conduct fact-based debates with respect. Acknowledge disagreements. Prohibit
personal attacks and bad-faith tactics.
Principle 6
Seek Unity Through Broad Support
Build policies that earn broad, lasting support.
Where consensus is out of reach, respect that
communities will find their own path.
Principle 7
Govern with a Balanced Approach
Reject both government overreach and government
absence. Provide essential services, measure
results, end what fails, and enforce fiscal discipline.
Principle 8
Defend
Our Freedom
Our Freedom
Unite with allies to deter
aggression and defend free
nations against military,
cyber, and economic threats.
Principle 9
Exemplify Global Leadership
Demonstrate American and democratic values through dignified, restrained, and humane leadership at home and abroad.
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Everything we do flows from our nine core principles
Please visit Our Principles page to learn more.