... former governor of Colorado, yet another of 2020's innumerable Dem candidates. Less grabby than Biden, less Cherokee than Warren assuming that's possible, taller than Gillebrand, if those are recommendations...said Friday the 11 million illegal im
Hickenlooper was speaking at Telemundo's presidential candidate forum in Miami when he made the comment about illegal im
"What would be your plan for the 11 million undocumented im
Before answering the question, Hickenlooper responded to another question about a 2014 Wall Street Journal interview in which he said citizenship wasn't a priority for undocumented im
"I was talking about‐when I talked to the Wall Street Journal about trying to find a way that the undocumented people in this country could go back and forth immediately and visit their families," Hickenlooper said. "What I would say with the 11 million people that are here now that we should give them a 10-year visa immediately, put them on a pathway to citizenship and make sure that if it takes longer they can have extensions."
"What I was trying to say at that time was the priority should be allow people to come out from the shadows," Hickenlooper said.
Hickenlooper was asked to clarify whether he would provide undocumented im
"Yes, of course. No, no I was saying the priority needs to be able to let them have freedom to actually work and to travel, but yes absolutely everyone deserves a pathway to citizenship," Hickenlooper said.