Sanders outlines plan to overhaul immigration laws

GOP presidential candidates have largely taken a tougher stance on illegal immigration than Democratic presidential hopefuls, and have also struggled with word choice when discussing the issue. Bernie Sanders had a speech recently, and it was not covered by any stations.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at an event sponsored by Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago recently.

Under Sanders’ plan, close to 9 million aspiring Americans would be able to apply to stay in the United States.

Citing that black children are significantly more likely to face harsher punishments (like expulsion or suspension) or to enter the juvenile justice system for non-violent drug offenses than their white peers, and that they are significantly more likely to be enrolled in underfunded schools with inexperienced teaching staff, Sanders said that a lack of opportunity and access to resources is setting kids up for a more hard time from the very beginning. The Obama executive actions were aimed at protecting and giving work permits to as many as 5 million immigrants but federal courts have blocked the executive actions following a lawsuit by a group of mostly Republican-led states.

Clinton promised in a recent Telemundo Facebook chat to never again say “illegal immigrant” after she let drop the politically incorrect phrase at a campaign stop in New Hampshire.

Sanders says he would seek an overhaul of immigration laws, including a pathway to citizenship within five years for people living in the USA illegally.