Favor merit-based immigration pathways

Amodei said he supports merit-based immigration and a process in which people seeking permanent status must earn it. He backed a 2018 compromise bill that would have legalized DREAMers and given them a path to citizenship, but said he could not support a blanket path for DACA recipients without a process that accounts for factors such as criminal convictions. He also supported a legalization proposal for undocumented farm workers, with eligibility for citizenship following a green card.

Context: His support for the 2018 DREAMer bill and the farm-worker proposal is described in the context of those specific measures; he does not endorse an unrestricted path to citizenship.

In their own words

I’m not opposed to immigration, but it’s got to be merit-based.

The source

On the Record: Congressional incumbent Mark Amodei on elections ... ↗

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