Sanders Becomes Only Candidate To Call For Breakup of ICE And CBP

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

On Thursday morning, Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped his long-anticipated immigration platform. Arguably the most ambitious of any Democratic presidential candidate’s so far, the plan goes beyond a general call for a path to legal status for immigrants and takes full aim at President Donald Trump’s racist policies at the southern border. Unlike any other candidate, Sanders calls for the break up of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and to improve working conditions and labor protections for industries that rely on an immigrant workforce.

One piece of this is the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, which would “provide domestic workers with at least a $15 minimum wage, strong protections for collective bargaining, workers’ rights, workplace safety, and fair scheduling,” regardless of immigration status.

“For too long, employers have exploited undocumented immigrants and guest workers to violate labor laws, skirt the minimum wage, and maximize their own profits,” the plan reads. “Large corporations target vulnerable communities as a source of labor and use their immigration status to retaliate when workers stand up for their rights.”

The release of Sanders’s plan comes after months of scrutiny from leftists and liberals over his immigration policy — long considered to be one of his primary weaknesses. His plan follows the common left positions on immigration, including reinstating and expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program; ending for-profit detention; and overturning the Muslim ban.

Notably, he also goes further than even his fellow progressive hopeful, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in calling for full demilitarization of the border. To break up ICE and CBP, under Sanders’s platform, their functions would be redistributed to other federal agencies. Under a Sanders administration, “deportation, enforcement, border and investigatory authority would return to the Department of Justice,” naturalization and citizenship authority would go to the State Department, and customs authority would return to the Treasury.

Warren, on the other hand, pledged in her immigration plan to “remake CBP and ICE in a way that reflects our values.” Her plan, titled “A Fair and Welcoming Immigration System,” which came out in July, calls for the decriminalization of border crossings, expanding DACA, and raising the cap on the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. She also put forth some signature ideas such as establishing an “Office of New Americans” to “draft a national strategy for integration” for new immigrants, which would include providing English, civics, and employment-focused classes.Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, who’s been struggling to keep his campaign afloat, is the only Latino candidate in the race and was the first to release an immigration proposal. His plan calls for splitting ICE in half and reassigning enforcement functions to other agencies, including the Department of Justice.

As president, Sanders’s plan says he would withhold federal contracts for employers found to be exploiting guest workers, end workplace raids, and implement measures to protect farm workers. Warren’s plan mentions the importance of coupling expansions of legal immigration with “real accountability on employers who break the rules, exploit workers, or don’t adhere to basic labor standards,” but detailed proposals related to workers’ issues aren’t as central to her plan as they are to Sanders’s.

Sanders also goes further in offering a time frame for developing a path to legal permanent status and citizenship for undocumented immigrants, setting it within five years. Warren and Castro support a pathway to legal status, but neither has offered a time frame.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, hasn’t released a detailed immigration platform, but came out against the decriminalization of border crossings during the second Democratic primary debate. At the July 31 debate, Biden disagreed with Castro, who defended his stance on decriminalizing border crossings, saying that immigrants “have to wait in line.”

https://theintercept.com/2019/11/07/sanders-immigration-plan-ice-cbp/

 

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

A more comprehensive plan for immigration reform than everyone else. This is one of the reasons Bernie is getting more latino donations than any other Democratic candidate. C'mon Tio Bernie

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

Did y'all know about this? @Morphine Prince @OG Gaga Stan @HorusRa2 @AndyDWUW @Guillaume Hamon? This is good news!

[ANVEEROY 65,226]

Yaas king

[Arturo 40,746]

ICE apparently didnt exist before 2002 so we can definitely live without it

[PartySick 172,484]

ICE is just a legal brown-person-hunting club and needs to be broken up.

Border patrol needs to be retrained and held to higher standards too.

Though I'm worried leftists getting labeled as "open border" makes any kind of common sense border legislation a hard sell to moderates and the GOP.

[Othon 34,299]

25 minutes ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

Did y'all know about this? @Morphine Prince @OG Gaga Stan @HorusRa2 @AndyDWUW @Guillaume Hamon? This is good news!

Just one in a long line of issues he's leading the charge on. Bernie proving, yet again, that he's the most progressive person in the race. 

[Buddy 5,686]

22 minutes ago, PartySick said:

ICE is just a legal brown-person-hunting club and needs to be broken up.

Border patrol needs to be retrained and held to higher standards too.

Though I'm worried leftists getting labeled as "open border" makes any kind of common sense border legislation a hard sell to moderates and the GOP.

Tea!

Secure borders are a must, but current border patrol standards are inhumane and ineffective and the exploitation of illegal immigrants is abhorrent.

Bernie once again proving he's the best candidate.

[Petie Estie 5,704]

Good stuff, especially domestic workers rights for undocumented people

[HorusRa2 5,005]

Yasss. 

I love tio Bernie! 💛

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

Is Castro not running anymore?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/campaign/452950-castro-we-should-break-up-ice%3famp

[Morphine Prince 109,654]

44 minutes ago, Arturo said:

ICE apparently didnt exist before 2002 so we can definitely live without it

Yup! I’m tired of hearing ignorant people saying “What are we gonna do without ICE?” ..... I’m sure we’ll be fine. 

[KleinGa 18,177]

Amazing! This plan is actually solid and what’s needed 

But the real question is, will he be able to enact it if he gets into power with bipartisan support? 

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

I mean Julian Castro said it first so nice erasing him! 

That said, ICE should be completely shut down. It was created under the Bush administration and just added more to the government.

 

What happened to the Repubs being against big government?? I guess that only applies when it's convenient for them 

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

25 minutes ago, Gagaloo92 said:

I mean Julian Castro said it first so nice erasing him! 

That said, ICE should be completely shut down. It was created under the Bush administration and just added more to the government.

 

What happened to the Repubs being against big government?? I guess that only applies when it's convenient for them 

Castro wants to cut ICE in half and re-prioritize the CBP. Bernie is the only candidate that wants to break both departments up in their entirety.