Where 2020 Democrats stand on
immigration

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg supports focusing deportation efforts on criminals and national security threats, he told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. “I support prioritizing deportation efforts on convicted criminals and national security threats,” Booker told The Post.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “Our immigration system has gone from a bureaucratic nightmare to a moral crisis,” Bullock told The Post. “I support a return to a policy that refocuses deportation efforts towards national security threats and convicted criminals, not families and children.”

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “My ‘People First’ immigration plan would overhaul the Trump administration’s immigration agenda and would reconstitute our immigration enforcement system — splitting ICE in two and ensuring that the department focus its resources on prioritizing criminals and national security threats, rather than members of our communities.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I believe the most efficient use of our resources is to focus our efforts on individuals who are identified national security threats and convicted criminals,” Delaney told The Post.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. “We should focus deportation efforts on criminals and national security threats and not on those who are crossing the border, seeking asylum or legal economic opportunities,” Hickenlooper told The Post.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. “My administration will reform the artificially low caps placed on refugees, restore programs that ensure asylum seekers are efficiently screened and heard, and focus immigration enforcement on true threats to our security,” Inslee told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar would support focusing deportation efforts on criminals and national security threats, her campaign told The Post.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke would support focusing deportation efforts on criminals and national security threats, his campaign told The Post. He criticized the Obama administration's deportation efforts at an event in April. “Some people who had been here for decades, who posed no threat to their families, to their communities, in fact in any way that you can measure, are contributing far more than they are ever taking,” he said.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick would support focusing deportation efforts on criminals and national security threats, his campaign told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. “I believe these policies were an effort to move in the right direction when it comes to identifying and deporting criminals and national security threats,” Ryan told The Post. “There is no doubt that our immigration policy should be prioritizing the deportation of individuals who have committed crimes and are a safety risk to our communities – not the many families who are being ripped apart.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. Sanders's Nov. 2019 immigration plan said he would "institute a moratorium on deportations until a thorough audit of past practices and policies is complete." He previously told The Post he would support focusing deportation efforts on dangerous individuals. “I strongly opposed major portions of President Obama’s deportation policy, including raids on families who fled violence,” Sanders said in April 2019. ”Today, we are seeing border crossings largely due to families and children seeking relief from violence and misery in their home countries, and we must stand up for our ideals and values by expanding our asylum process.”

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. “Focus only on criminals and national security threats. We have limited resources, so we should focus them on individuals who pose a threat to society,” Sestak told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. “I would support focusing deportation efforts on convicted criminals and national security threats,” Steyer told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. "We should focus our deportation efforts on national security threats, violent criminals and repeat criminal offenders,” Swalwell told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren supports focusing deportation efforts on criminals and national security threats, her campaign told The Post. In her immigration plan, Warren pledges to “refocus our limited resources on actual criminals and real threats to the United States.”

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “Support. The Dreamers who have grown up here, received an education and are good neighbors with no serious criminal offense should be allowed to stay,” Williamson told The Post. “This is their home – and we need their talent, ingenuity and purchasing power for our economy to thrive. I would work to expand protections and naturalization to all undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children, regardless of their current age.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “We must be humane about immigration enforcement, but we must do it in a way that honors our tradition as a nation of immigrants and our commitment to the rule of law,” Bennet told The Post. “We need to fix our broken immigration system to encourage individuals to go through the process legally, which includes processing asylum claims more efficiently and addressing the visa backlog.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “We need to reinstate enforcement priorities,” Buttigieg told The Post. “The vast majority of immigrants in our country without [legal] status pose no public safety threat; in fact, most have been here a decade or more and have deep community ties. Without a clear priority on removal of people who pose a danger to the community or on recent arrivals, the random enforcement of immigration laws can become a tool to instill fear and to rip apart families.”

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “I support it, and I’d go even further: We need to be careful about how we define 'convicted criminals,' ” Moulton told The Post. “When I went to Juarez last year, I met with U.S. military veterans who were deported for minor offenses. 'Deported veterans' is a term that should not exist, and valued members of our communities should not be deported for a minor lapse in judgment.”

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “Yes, I would focus deportation efforts on these groups,” Yang told The Post.

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. De Blasio did not provide an answer to this question.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard did not provide an answer to this question.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand did not provide an answer to this question.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris did not provide an answer to this question.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “I'm committed to in the first 100 days, stop all deportations until we get a chance to review them again,” Warren said in Feb. 2020. “And if this is, if these deportations that are on the table, the proposed ones, are not consistent with my policies, which means we don't scoop up family members, people who place no threat. People who are part of our communities, then they're not deported, they won't be deported. I want to put a complete halt until we can get that done.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. Sanders's Nov. 2019 immigration plan said he would "institute a moratorium on deportations until a thorough audit of past practices and policies is complete." In Feb. 2020, his campaign manager said that such a policy would not cover a “violent criminal — violent criminals sit in jail or prison right now, upon their, the end of whatever sentence they may currently have, they would be deported.”

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. “While [Bloomberg] wouldn't freeze deportations, he will swiftly replace the Trump administration's indiscriminate deportations and raids with sensible immigration enforcement priorities that promote public safety and national security,” a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg's administration “will implement a process to review the current administration's deportation decisions. [He] will also review the current administration’s immigration policies and implement appropriate changes, including greater oversight and transparency,” his immigration plan said. He did not answer this question by publication.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard did not answer this question by publication.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. “While she jump-starts negotiations for comprehensive immigration reform with the stated goal of passing it within the first year, Senator Klobuchar will undo attempts by the Trump Administration — many of which have been blocked by courts — to deport DREAMers and immigrants who are living, working and succeeding here under Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforcement Departure,” her first 100 days plan said. Klobuchar did not answer this question by publication.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer did not answer this question by publication.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg does not support extending the physical barriers, he told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. “I do not believe that building more physical security barriers is in our national best interest or makes us safer,” Booker told The Post.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “We need to assess how new technologies and practices can provide alternatives to a barrier, which can at times be costly and environmentally intrusive,” Castro told The Post. “My ‘People First’ immigration plan would pursue an evidence-based approach to determining what investments we will make at the border to combat criminal actions like human and drug trafficking.”

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. De Blasio does not support extending the physical barriers, his campaign told The Post.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. “Let me be very clear. I'm not going to vote for a wall under any circumstances. And I do support border security. And if we want to talk about that, let's do that,” Harris said at a CNN town hall event. “The idea that we're going to sell this thing to the American public and require the taxpayers of our country to pay $5 billion for something that will not deliver what [President Trump] is suggesting we need is ridiculous and I will not support it.”

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper does not support extending the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, his campaign told The Post.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. “As a member of Congress, I consistently voted against draconian border barriers, and against utilizing local police to enforce our immigration laws,” Inslee told The Post. “I will end Trump’s vain pursuit of a wall.”

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “We need secure borders but building a medieval border wall isn’t how we get there; instead, we need sensors, surveillance drones and next-generation security technology to strengthen the border where it’s needed most,” Moulton told The Post.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke told MSNBC that he would "absolutely" take down parts of the wall near El Paso, but said, “I think there are in some places a need for a physical barrier,” he said in February. “I would work with local stakeholders, the property owners, the communities, those who actually live there, to determine the best security solution.”

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan does not support extending the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, his campaign told The Post. “I support smarter, more efficient and effective security at the border that makes better use of our country’s available technologies, border security personnel and other resources,” he said.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “I do not support adding to existing physical barriers along the border and would immediately halt any use of taxpayer dollars for President Trump’s wasteful and ineffective border wall,” Sanders told The Post. He pledged in his Nov. 2019 immigration plan to stop "all construction of the racist and ineffective wall on the U.S.-Mexico Border and instead rely on cost-effective and innovative methods to counter the real threats of drug importation and human trafficking, not manufactured ones targeting the most vulnerable."

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer does not support extending the physical barriers, he told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “I do not support building a wall,” Warren told The Post.

Mar. 18: “The border wall isn’t about security, or making America safer. It’s a monument to hate and division, and I won’t support it. We are a better country than that. ”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet only supports extending the physical barrier if experts recommend it, he told The Post.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “If experts say that placing barriers in certain areas will serve that purpose, then I’d be in favor of giving them what they needed”, Bullock told The Post. “I also believe there are many modern technologies that can be deployed effectively. However, I strongly oppose building a wall for its own sake.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “Secure borders and a well-managed immigration system are critical to national security,” Buttigieg told The Post. “We shouldn't fall into the trap of defining border security by a 'wall' or security barriers alone, but by a more complete set of tools and evolving technology to meet the threats not only of today, but what we may face tomorrow.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I support investing in smart border security as part of comprehensive immigration reform, which can include technology, personnel and physical barriers where experts deem necessary,” Delaney told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard only supports extending the physical barrier if experts recommend it, her campaign told The Post.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak only supports extending the physical barrier if experts recommend it, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “Unless evidence and experts suggest we need new fencing, I will not support additional fencing. We should always be assessing this, but Trump’s promise to build a wall all the way along the border is too costly, ineffective and absurd,” Swalwell told The Post.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “We need border security. The best way to provide security is not more or fewer walls, but efficient, effective border security driven by technology, particularly at points of entry,” Williamson told The Post. “I do not support open borders; I do support open hearts so people are treated humanely. Most unauthorized immigrants enter the United States legally, then simply overstay their visas. No increase in border security, including walls, will impact this most common route into our nation.”

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “Walls generally aren’t an effective way of stopping illegal border crossings,” Yang told The Post. “I don’t think it’s worth it to tear down existing barriers, but I wouldn’t support adding more unless their utility could be demonstrated in a particular part of the border.”

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. “I’d have to ask folks in that part of the country to see whether the fencing that exists today is helpful or unhelpful,” Gillibrand told Fox News Channel when asked whether she would consider removing parts of the wall. She had not clarified her position on adding physical barriers.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. “I support smart security at our borders and oppose the Administration’s proposal to build a wall across our entire southern border,” Klobuchar's Senate website says. Klobuchar told ABC's George Stephanopolous that “we have tried to negotiate with [President Trump], but he won't take yes for an answer,” in response to a question about border wall funding.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. “We must also secure our borders and other ports of entry, but with more modern, more effective and less ham-fisted ways than with a physical wall,” his immigration plan said. Patrick did not answer this question by publication.

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. “So I think Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is right,” De Blasio said on The Brian Lehrer Show in June 2018, “We should abolish ICE. We should create something better, something different.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. "As president, [Sanders] will break up ICE and CBP and redistribute their functions to their proper authorities," Sanders's immigration plan said. He issued a call to “abolish the cruel, dysfunctional immigration system we have today” in 2018. He told The Post in April 2019: “I voted against the creation of DHS and ICE in 2002, and it was the right vote. ICE has become a deportation and detention machine, and I would fundamentally restructure the agency, as well as all the agencies that currently enforce our immigration laws, to create a humane and rational immigration system with independent oversight.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet supports restructuring ICE or redistributing its duties but not abolishing it, he told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg supports restructuring ICE or redistributing its duties but not abolishing it, he told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. “I’ve been raising alarms about ICE’s actions for years and I am especially concerned that the Trump administration has removed seemingly every guardrail ensuring due process in immigration enforcement,” Booker told The Post. “ICE has clearly lost its way and must be reorganized and reformed.” In 2018, Booker told the Huffington Post: “I think we should be having hearings and really dive into this agency. It costs Americans billions of dollars. It’s not necessarily, in my opinion, achieving its high-minded purpose that might be achieved better in other ways.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “I support conducting a comprehensive review of ICE and CBP to assess how these organizations could be better structured to accomplish their broad array of missions, which extend beyond immigration,” Buttigieg told The Post. “If redistributing certain or all responsibilities to other agencies is the best way to do this, then we should. Above all, more than what the agencies are called and how they are structured, we need to have a conversation about how we perceive immigration and our nation’s security.”

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “ICE needs to be overhauled,” Castro told The Post. “My immigration policy would transfer the enforcement responsibilities of the agency to other departments such as the DOJ to guarantee higher standards of conduct and more focused prosecutorial discretion — ensuring resources are focused on targeting criminals and national security threats.”

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard supports restructuring ICE or redistributing its duties but not abolishing it, her campaign told The Post.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. In 2018, Gillibrand told CNN that “I think you should separate the criminal justice from the immigration issues and I think you should reimagine ICE under a new agency with a very different mission.” She told the Post-Star newspaper in Upstate New York that she would “give it a new name and a new directive.”

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris called for “a complete overhaul of the agency, mission, culture, operations” in 2018.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper supports restructuring ICE or redistributing some duties, but not abolishing it, he told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar would redistribute responsibilities of ICE to other agencies but would not abolish ICE, her campaign told The Post.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “No, we should not abolish ICE — we should reform it,” Moulton told The Post. “When a problem arises with the fire department, we don’t call for abolishing the fire department. ICE should be focused on mitigating security threats, not staffing and running child detention facilities.”

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. “I made the case using El Paso as an example. We don't need those internal roundups in deportations and enforcement,“ O'Rourke said of ICE in April. “We need to make sure that anyone who threatens the lives of all Americans or use of violence, that there is accountability. I want to make sure we include everyone in the solution to our challenges and safety, democratic or otherwise, and having these ICE operations is not a way to do it.” He said at a rally during his 2018 Senate race: “I'm open to doing whatever it takes. If it's reorganizing the Department of Homeland Security and changing the functions of ICE, having greater accountability, abolishing that agency altogether, that's fine. But there will still have to be enforcement of our immigration laws in this country.”

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports restructuring ICE, or redistributing some of its duties, but not abolishing the agency, his campaign told The Post. “We will overhaul the culture and priorities of all the relevant enforcement agencies, including ICE, to prepare it for this new mission,” his immigration plan said.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. “Redistribute some of ICE's duties — such as implementional the National Mass Care Strategy to involve FEMA and the Red Cross as we would with any other humanitarian disaster — and increase oversight to protect against abuses,” Sestak told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports restructuring ICE or redistributing its duties but not abolishing it, he told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. In her immigration plan, Warren pledges to “reshape CBP and ICE from top to bottom, focusing their efforts on homeland security efforts like screening cargo, identifying counterfeit goods, and preventing smuggling and trafficking.” She previously The Post, “We need to rebuild our immigration system from top to bottom — an agency that can't tell the difference in the risk between a 7-year-old girl and a criminal or a terrorist is an agency that is not working.” She called for “replacing ICE” in 2018.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “We can have other existing agencies take on some responsibilities of ICE, such as vetting asylum seekers,” Williamson told The Post. “There is no need to abolish ICE, it is needed to perform police functions such as locating and processing criminals and security risks. ICE should perform police functions, not humanitarian functions. Families seeking asylum should be treated differently than criminals and security risks.”

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “I would not,” Bullock told The Post. “I would, however, refocus ICE’s enforcement priorities towards people involved in criminal activities that pose legitimate threats to public safety in this country.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I do not support abolishing ICE,” Delaney told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. “No, I would not,” Ryan told The Post. “I believe we need to work together with our law enforcement and border security agencies, including ICE, to help them do their jobs in the most humane, efficient and effective way possible.”

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. "I would neither redistribute ICE’s duties nor abolish it. I would abolish policies that separate children from families,” Swalwell told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “ICE has important responsibilities related to combating human rights violations (including human trafficking) and international criminal/terrorist organizations,” Yang told The Post. “I’d direct them to focus on those efforts instead of enforcement and removal of people not engaged in these criminal activities.”

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. “As a member of Congress, I consistently voted against draconian border barriers, and against utilizing local police to enforce our immigration laws,” Inslee told The Post, adding that he would “focus immigration enforcement on true threats to our security.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “Undocumented immigrants should have the option of purchasing health insurance on the exchange,” Bennet told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. "We need to make our health-care system more effective by passing Medicare-for-all, and we need to pass comprehensive immigration reform that creates a pathway to citizenship for those already living in the United States," Booker told the Post.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. Castro supports covering undocumented immigrants, he told The Post.

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. In January 2019, de Blasio announced an “NYC Care” plan to guarantee insurance to the city's undocumented immigrants.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand co-sponsored Sanders’ Medicare-for-all proposal, which would cover undocumented immigrants.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris co-sponsored Sanders’ Medicare-for-all proposal, which would cover undocumented immigrants.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “Under current law hospitals in the US cannot refuse to treat patients who need care. This means that when an undocumented immigrant gets care they often do so in the emergency department. Hospitals are the highest cost providers and the bills are often too high for immigrants to afford,” Moulton told The Post. “In this way we already pay for health care for undocumented immigrants. My plan would be a public option. By opening it up to undocumented immigrants to purchase, more folks will be covered, the risk pool will be younger and healthier, and fewer hospital bills will go unpaid.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. Sanders told The Post, "My plan would cover all U.S. residents."

6/21/2019: “If you are a human being, regardless of your immigration status, you have a right to health care.”

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. “Yes. Unfortunately, we have a broken immigration system. We have people living here, contributing to society, but are forced to live in the shadows,” Steyer told The Post. “Until we fix our immigration system, undocumented workers should have access to the health services that they require.”

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “I support coverage for all,” Swalwell told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren co-sponsored Sanders’ Medicare-for-all proposal, which would cover undocumented immigrants.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. Williamson told The Post, "Yes" when asked.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg believes that undocumented immigrants who register to begin the path to citizenship laid out in his plan should be covered under a government-run health plan, a campaign spokesperson told The Post. All individuals, regardless of immigration status, should have access to critical health services, including immunizations, the spokesperson said.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “Undocumented immigrants should be able to buy coverage through the public option,” a Buttigieg campaign spokesman told The Post early in the campaign. Buttigieg later told The Post, “I would expect that you'd have to be a citizen to qualify for subsidies.” His campaign said that his plan “would provide subsidies to everyone who is eligible for them under the ACA, including US citizens and lawful permanent residents. It also expands on Obamacare by allowing all undocumented people to buy in to a public plan — and he will prioritize work towards a path to citizenship on day one in the White House so people can have the full benefits of being an American citizen."

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. "Undocumented immigrants who register for the path to citizenship would be eligible to participate in the health plan at some additional cost to them," Yang told The Post.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “Comprehensive immigration reform that protects our borders, helps the Dreamers who have known no other home than ours, and provides legal status and a path to citizenship for immigrants who have been part of the fabric of our country for many years is the best way to address health coverage for people who want to become American citizens,” Bullock told The Post. “We’ve got 100,00 people showing up at the border right now. If we decriminalize entry, if we give free healthcare to everyone, we’ll have multiples of that,” Bullock said at the second Democratic debate. “A sane immigration system needs a sane leader. And we can do that without decriminalizing and providing health care for everyone.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I support comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship. My universal health care plan would cover tax paying legal permanent residents,” Delaney told the Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan does not support covering undocumented immigrants, his campaign told The Post.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. “No, but I do believe in their access to medical care that would take them to see a doctor in the emergency room; they must receive treatment,” Sestak told The Post. “I also expect to pass comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship for currently undocumented immigrants, which would result in their being eligible for the same programs as U.S. citizens as they await citizenship.”

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. While Rep. Gabbard is a co-sponsor of Jayapal’s Medicare for All legislation which would do just this, she does not have a specific position on this issue at this time, she told The Post.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. “No, not necessarily under a government-run health plan,” Hickenlooper told The Post on June 19. “I would support a public/private sector approach to achieve this goal as it relates to undocumented residents, including continued federal partnership with states that provide coverage for low-income children and prenatal care regardless of status, and enabling undocumented immigrants to have access to state health exchanges. Ultimately, the solution is comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship.” But when asked whose plans would provide coverage for undocumented immigrations during the first Democratic debate, Hickenlooper raised his hand. He has not responded to a request for clarification.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee did not provide an answer to this question.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar did not provide an answer to this question.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke did not provide an answer to this question.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick did not answer this question by publication.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. “No, it should not. As for committing to any comprehensive reform, I would first want to review all components,” Booker told The Post. “Historically, I think Democrats have been too willing to trade basic human rights and dignity for immigrants in exchange for a ‘grand compromise’ on immigration.”

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “As Attorney General of Montana, I opposed a measure that would have run legal status checks on every person seeking state jobs or services, and I’d oppose similar action at the federal level,” Bullock told The Post. “Policies like this don’t just increase government bureaucracy, they discourage people from seeking necessary services.”

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. De Blasio does not support requiring the use of E-Verify to check the legal status of all hires by private employers, he told The Post.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand does not support requiring the use of E-Verify to check the legal status of all hires by private employers.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. Sanders told The Post he supported “a smart and fair employment verification system” in April 2019, and his campaign confirmed that he supported it if the system was improved. In November, his campaign said he is opposed to mandating E-Verify. “Not in its current form,” a campaign spokesperson said. “Any mandatory electronic verification system must protect the due process of workers and contain the strongest possible protection against abuse and error. Right now, the E-Verify system is riddled with errors, infringes on security and privacy rights, and places tremendous burdens on workers and employers. As President, [Sanders] will end workplace raids and shift the focus of enforcement from workers to employers who mistreat their workforce.”

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “No. E-Verify is not always accurate,” Williamson told The Post. “It needs to be made more accurate.”

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “E-Verify isn’t good at achieving the goals of enforcing our border laws or protecting American jobs,” Yang told The Post. “Tens of thousands of false positives get in the way of Americans working, and putting a barrier between businesses and the people they want to hire is never good for promoting work. The system has also caused economic harm to states and driven individuals who are here without permission deeper into the shadow economy.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet supports E-Verify only as part of a compromise, he told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg does not think the federal government should require the use of E-Verify to check the legal status of all hires by private employers, but would support the E-Verify program as part of a compromise, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “I support mandatory E-Verify only as part of comprehensive reform that includes a path to citizenship and an overall modernization of our immigration system. Because there are systemic problems with E-Verify today, any expansion of its use should also be conditioned on improving the system,” Buttigieg told The Post in June.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “As part of enacting a more sensible and humane immigration system with a pathway to citizenship, we should overhaul employment verification processes to ensure they are cost effective, sensitive to privacy concerns and designed to limit false positives,” Castro told The Post. “We must also ensure our immigration visa system meets the needs of American businesses, which depend on access to labor.” His campaign emphasized the need to improve the existing system before he would consider such a compromise.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. “We need to address this issue in comprehensive immigration reform legislation, Hickenlooper told The Post. “It's important we fix our immigration system through a comprehensive approach instead of playing politics with individual proposals.”

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar does not think the federal government should require the use of E-Verify to check the legal status of all hires by private employers, but would support the E-Verify program as part of a comprehensive reform that includes a path to citizenship for those currently working without documentation, her campaign told The Post.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “I would support an E-Verify program as part of comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for all those currently working without documentation,” Moulton told The Post. “The database needs to be improved, and we can do that.”

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan would support requiring E-Verify only after improvements to the accuracy of the program and as part of a comprehensive reform that includes a path to citizenship for those currently working without documentation, his campaign told The Post. “No, I do not support requiring employers to use E-Verify, as mistakes and mismatches within the system disproportionately and negatively impact legal foreign workers,” he said. “The system also imposes unnecessary burdens and potentially problematic liability issues on employers, and can have an outsized negative impact on our agricultural economy. We can and must work toward better solutions that pave a path to citizenship and encourage legal labor within the United States, but E-Verify’s system should be optional and decided on a state-by-state basis, not federally mandated.”

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak would support requiring the E-Verify program only as part of a comprehensive reform that includes a path to citizenship for those currently working without documentation, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. "We should pass comprehensive immigration reform, which should include a modern electronic verification program,” Swalwell told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I support an E-Verify system that works,” Delaney told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard told The Post that she supports requiring the use of E-Verify to check the legal status of all hires by private employers, if the system is improved.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris did not provide an answer to this question.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee did not provide an answer to this question.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke did not provide an answer to this question.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick did not answer this question by publication.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer did not provide an answer by publication.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren did not provide an answer to this question.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet supports increased border security funding, he told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg supports increased border funding, he told The Post.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “Yes,” Bullock told The Post. “Right now, there are only about 400 judges hearing nearly 800,000 immigration cases — they need more help to streamline the process and reduce the backlog. We should also give our Customs inspectors and Border Patrol agents the resources they need to respond to the challenges they’re facing, while making sure that those apprehended at the border are treated with decency and afforded the basic human dignity that this administration has denied them.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “I support investments that actually improve our border security,” Buttigieg told The Post. “At the same time, we need to ensure that funding for our immigration system addresses more than just security and enforcement efforts. A more balanced and well-functioning system would not only grant protection where warranted and provide certainty on immigration decisions, but also pay security dividends by further reducing the incentive to file frivolous asylum claims.”

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “My immigration plan would modernize our ports of entry to facilitate more streamlined trade with our Canadian and Mexican partners, and screen for illicit drug trafficking, human trafficking and other criminal actions,” Castro told The Post. “I also support an adequately resourced independent immigration judicial system to help process claims faster.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I would support increased funding for border security and immigration enforcement that is negotiated on a bipartisan basis,” Delaney told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard supports increased border funding, she told The Post.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. “Let's look at the fact that the folks who are working on border security on the ground know that they need upgraded infrastructure around things like drones, and they need cameras,” Harris said at a CNN town hall event.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper supports increased border funding, he told The Post.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee immigration plan calls on the U.S. “invest in border infrastructure that supports trade and human transit.”

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar supports increased funding for border security and enforcement, her campaign told The Post.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “I support it,” Moulton told The Post. “There are more than 800,000 cases pending for asylum seekers, so we need more judges to expedite the process. And Trump keeps claiming that a wall is going to stop drugs from coming into our country, but that’s not true: Drugs come through ports of entry, and that’s where we need to invest.”

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. “Let’s ensure our security not through walls and militarization, but by investing in our ports of entry where the vast majority of everything and everyone that ever comes into this country first enters, supporting the women and men of the CBP and treating one another — regardless of our status or how many generations, or days, we’ve been in this country — with dignity and respect,” his campaign website says.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports increased border security funding, his campaign told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan supports increased funding for border security and enforcement, his campaign told The Post. “I support better utilizing existing resources when it comes to immigration reform and improved screening equipment that can better assist our border security agents, law enforcement and personnel at the border,” he said. “I support resources that can better equip those serving and processing immigrants at the border with the tools necessary to not only prioritize national security but also treat migrants and asylum seekers with the care and respect they deserve. And I strongly believe we must prioritize keeping families together.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “I have always said that I support funding for border security, and I support fully funding our overburdened immigration court system to swiftly, fairly and humanely process asylum claims,” Sanders told The Post.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak supports increased funding for border security and enforcement, he told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports increased border security funding, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “I support more funding to train, hire and retain border personnel, deploy the best technology at ports of entry, and provide additional immigration court resources to give asylum seekers the fair justice they deserve,” Swalwell told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren supports increased funding for border security, her campaign told The Post.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “The best way to provide security is not more or fewer walls, but efficient, effective border security driven by technology, particularly at points of entry,” Williamson told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “We need to increase funding to efforts to secure the southern border. While their current focus is not one I agree with, it is important that we have men and women securing the border,” Yang told The Post. “We also need to use modern technology to monitor the border (while being aware of Fourth Amendment issues for those who live nearby). The asylum courts desperately need an increase in resources so they can process the ridiculous backlog that has developed and handle the surge in applicants.”

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. “I believe we should better utilize and prioritize existing funds,” Booker told The Post. “We can enforce our international borders and keep our country safe without sacrificing our values, our moral leadership and billions of dollars in taxpayer money.”

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. De Blasio did not provide an answer to this question.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand did not provide an answer to this question.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, he told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, he told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, he told The Post. He co-sponsored the GRACE Act, which would guarantee that the United States would accept at least 95,000 refugees each fiscal year.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “We need to embrace the refugee families fleeing violence, torture, or certain death,” Bullock told The Post. “We should do our part to help with the global refugee crisis, by returning to the baselines established under the Obama administration.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “Providing refuge for the world’s vulnerable and oppressed is a part of our nation’s heritage. It’s part of what makes our nation great,” Buttigieg told The Post.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “Yes, and we also can and should recognize that climate refugees will increasingly be a part of our world,” Castro told The Post. “I would expand out the refugee program to include folks displaced by natural disasters and our changing climate.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. Delaney supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, he told The Post. “We need to remember our history and be a welcoming country for those who want a better life for their families and who are seeking to be productive members of society,” his website says.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, her campaign told The Post.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, he told The Post.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. “When other governors across the country gave in to fear and tried to turn away Syrian refugees fleeing ISIS, I declared that Washington state would continue to welcome them into our community,” Inslee told The Post. “My administration will reform the artificially low caps placed on refugees.”

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar thinks the United States should return to accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, her campaign told The Post. She co-sponsored the GRACE Act, which would guarantee that the United States would accept at least 95,000 refugees each fiscal year.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “Yes. The U.S. should return to accepting refugees at Obama administration levels at least as the number of refugees worldwide has increased,” Moulton told The Post. “The United States should always be a beacon of hope and opportunity in the world; if we turn away all but 30,000 refugees, we are not living up to American values.”

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, his campaign told The Post.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, his campaign told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. “Yes. We must never allow fear to be the driving force of our nation’s immigration policy,” Ryan told The Post. “It is misguided, and it does not lead to true and lasting improvement in our country.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “The United States under President Trump has not lived up to our values and ideals. We must strengthen and expand our support for refugees fleeing war and violence and do our part in the international community to provide relief,” Sanders told The Post. “We must also pursue a foreign policy that does not destabilize large swaths of the globe, and mount an aggressive response to climate change to ensure the root causes of global migration both now and in the future are addressed.”

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, he told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “We have a responsibility — moral and legally — to take in, as we can, those in need,” Swalwell told The Post. “The Trump administration’s war on refugees is unconscionable. We must do our share to help, through a security-vetting process, the world’s neediest people.”

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “Dramatically reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States is a failure of moral leadership,” Warren told The Post. In her immigration plan, Warren commits to accepting “125,000 refugees in my first year, and ramping up to at least 175,000 refugees per year by the end of my first term.”

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. Williamson supports accepting at least 110,000 refugees a year, she told The Post.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris co-sponsored the GRACE Act, which would guarantee that the United States would accept at least 95,000 refugees each fiscal year. “The United States I know is a place where refugees are welcomed and encouraged to contribute to society,” she said when the bill was introduced.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “I would support an increase from our current levels,” Yang told The Post. “The precise number would be determined by the specific situations and circumstances.”

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. De Blasio did not provide an answer to this question.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard did not provide an answer to this question.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet supports eliminating or limiting family detention, he told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg supports eliminating or limiting family detention, he told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker signed a letter calling for the end of family detention in 2016. He also told The Post, “I introduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would significantly restrict family detention and prevent the federal government from detaining immigrants except in instances where they pose a flight risk or a risk to public safety.”

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “We shouldn’t waste resources — especially military resources — on detaining asylum-seeking families that don’t pose a risk to our country, especially when the asylum process can last for months on end,” Bullock told The Post. “However, it is critically important to improve this process with additional judges and by reinstating the Obama-era policy of allowing people to apply for asylum in their home countries or in a neighboring, safer country.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “Because asylum hearings currently take far too long, keeping families in limbo for years on end, we must prioritize alternatives to detention, like the Family Case Management Program, and only use family detention as a last resort,” Buttigieg told The Post. “More fundamentally, we must fix our broken immigration system, including by adjudicating asylum claims much more quickly.”

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “My immigration policy would implement alternatives to detention modeled on successful programs pioneered under the Obama administration that are more compassionate, cost a fraction of detention programs and have a greater than 99 percent compliance rate,” Castro told The Post.

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. De Blasio would eliminate family detention, he told the Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “The government should have the option of detaining asylum-seeking families in limited circumstances,” Delaney told The Post. “I strongly believe that our focus should be on providing legal counsel and increasing the number of immigration judges to speed up the process of determining immigration cases.”

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard would eliminate or limit family detention, she told the Post.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand does not support detention for asylum-seeking families. She co-sponsored the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would restrict the use of detention centers.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper said he supports eliminating or limiting family detention, he told The Post.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee does not support detention for asylum-seeking families, according to his immigration plan.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “Low-risk asylum seekers should be released to the community pending immigration hearings,” Moulton told The Post. “Holding people in detention and separating families is wrong — it permanently damages children through no fault of their own. We’re better than that.”

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke does not support detention for asylum-seeking families, his campaign told The Post. He co-sponsored the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017, which would restrict the use of detention centers.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports eliminating or limiting family detention, his campaign told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan does not support detention for asylum-seeking families, his campaign told The Post. “I believe it’s important to keep families together, and the Trump administration’s current trajectory on border security and its treatment of those seeking entry to or asylum within the United States is cruel and unusual,” he said. “We can and must move toward practices that treat every human with dignity and respect, and we can do that in part by working to quickly and efficiently process those seeking entry into the United States and asylum within our borders.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “We should not lock up children and families in the United States. Community-based alternatives to detention are far less expensive and have nearly 100 percent compliance rates with check-ins and court hearings,” Sanders told The Post. “We must promote and implement these cheaper, more effective and more humane alternatives to keeping children and families detained in overcrowded, understaffed and ad-hoc facilities.” Sanders co-sponsored the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would restrict the use of detention centers.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak does not support detention for asylum-seeking families, his campaign told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. “The review process for families seeking asylum takes too long. The majority of asylum seekers pose little risk to public safety and can be released as they await their hearings. I would eliminate the use of family detention,” Steyer told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “There is no reason non-dangerous persons should be detained while their asylum claims are pending when we have good alternatives to detention,” Swalwell told The Post. “We should put our efforts and resources into our immigration court system so people's asylum claims can be processed more quickly.”

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “As President, I’ll issue guidance ensuring that detention is only used where it is actually necessary because an individual poses a flight or safety risk,” Warren's immigration plan said. She told The Post: “I’ve called on the Trump administration to reinstate an Obama-era policy prohibiting holding pregnant migrants in detention centers. And private detention facilities and government-run detention centers need to be held accountable for their appalling and seriously poor conditions.” She also co-sponsored the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would restrict the use of detention centers.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “We need alternatives to detention. Families should be kept together,” Williamson told The Post. “We should ban cages. We need to increase funding to immigration courts so they have the resources needed to do their job.”

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “I think we should increase funding to our courts so that these claims can be processed in a timely manner, so that neither long-term detention nor release into the country is necessary,” Yang told The Post.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris did not provide an answer to this question.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar did not provide an answer to this question.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet was a member of the Senate "Gang of Eight" in 2013 that pitched “a tough, but fair, path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the shadows,” his congressional website said.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. “The grandson of immigrants, [Bloomberg] believes in the power of the American Dream,” his campaign website said. “Throughout his career, he has been a passionate advocate for welcoming immigrants and fixing the broken immigration system.” Bloomberg's New American Economy organization backs a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he told The Post.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he told The Post.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “It’s the right thing to do, and it’s the smart thing to do for our economy,” Buttigieg told The Post.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “I support a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country, including for Dreamers, and those under the TPS [Temporary Protected Status] and DED [Deferred Enforced Departure] programs who have been paying taxes,” Castro told The Post.

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. De Blasio supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. Delaney supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he told The Post. He co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. “I think there has to be some, some way, some opportunity there for those who are here and undocumented to try to pursue and have a path toward having a legal, whether it's a legal residence or ultimately a path to citizenship,” Gabbard told New Hampshire Public Radio. In a 2017 speech on the House floor, she said, “We need a pathway to citizenship for immigrants to ensure people who deserve to be here can find a way to be a part of our great country,” Gabbard said on the House floor in 2017. She co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. “As a U.S. Senator, I will advocate for comprehensive immigration reform that treats immigrants fairly and gives them a path to earned citizenship,” Gillibrand's Senate website says. She co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris co-sponsored the DREAM Act of 2017.

: “Give people a path to citizenship. The vast majority of folks we’re talking about are living a lawful life and paying taxes.”

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Following controversial comments in 2014, Hickenlooper told The Denver Post, “I have always believed in a pathway to citizenship.”

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. “I support immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for all undocumented persons, including those on deferred or temporary-protected status,” Inslee told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar supports a pathway to citizenship for the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants now living in the country, along with a similar path for those protected by the Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure programs, her campaign told The Post. She co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “I believe in a pathway to citizenship — not just for DACA recipients and TPS [Temporary Protected Status] holders, but also for the 11 million undocumented immigrants who work hard, pay taxes and have become valued members of our communities,” Moulton told The Post. He co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. “Let’s bring millions more of our fellow Americans out of the shadows and on to a path to contribute even more to our country’s success,” O'Rourke's campaign website says. He co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick backed comprehensive immigration reform at an event in New Hampshire, according to WBUR. “A Reform Agenda is about making meaningful fixes to the big systems that consistently fail to meet modern needs,” Patrick's campaign website said. “This means an immigration system that provides for both border integrity and human dignity, that encourages the determined and creative whose values align with ours to make their home here. ” His campaign confirmed he supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, his campaign told The Post. He co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “I believe we must bring this population out of the shadows, remove the fear and anxiety in their everyday lives, and put them on a fast, fair and inclusive pathway to citizenship,” Sanders told The Post. “This process should minimize financial burden, repeal three- and 10-year bars, and provide immediate and expansive relief to DREAMers.” He co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. "I do support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already here, as well as for Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure protectees,” Swalwell told The Post. He co-sponsored the DREAM Act.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “For the good of our economy and our communities, it’s long past time to provide a path forward for the approximately 11 million undocumented individuals currently living and working in the Unites States,” her immigration plan said. Previously, she told The Post, “I voted for the Senate’s bipartisan immigration reform bill in 2013, and I will continue to fight for comprehensive immigration reform that protects our borders, creates a permanent solution that provides a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and for qualified recipients of Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure, and helps us retain talent trained at our world-class institutions.”

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “I support a path to citizenship or some legal status for people who have come here, as long as they abide by the law,” Williamson told The Post. “We need their talent and ingenuity to solve problems and create new businesses. We need their labor in construction to build roads and buildings, and in landscaping to tend our yards and gardens, and many other sectors where they contribute to our society. Immigrants often do work that others don’t want to do.”

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “We need to create a path to citizenship for these individuals to bring them out of the shadows and into the formal economy.” Yang told The Post. “This will make us safer as we have a better idea of who is in our country, and it will allow these individuals to escape the stress and exploitative situations that arise from their status. That said, this pathway should be much longer than the normal pathway, in order to reflect their efforts to circumvent our legal immigration system. Those who are here through the TPS [Temporary Protected Status] or DED [Deferred Enforced Departure] programs are in a different situation than those who are here without permission. I do support a pathway to citizenship for them, but not as long as the one for those who are here without permission.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet signed onto a letter opposing President Trump's foreign aid cuts to Central American countries in April.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg supports increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, he told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. “I support increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala,” Booker told The Post. He signed onto a letter opposing President Trump's foreign aid cuts to Central American countries in April.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “I support increasing foreignaid to Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala,” Bullock told The Post. “We need to do more to address the root causes of immigration by helping to stabilize these countries that people are fleeing.  By retreating from the assistance that the US was providing, the Trump Administration has further destabilized the region and increased the immigration problem from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “Ultimately, the only lasting way to address the issues posed by Central American migration is to help the people of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala find safety and prosperity in their home countries,” Buttigieg told The Post. “Instead of disengaging, we should assist regional governments as they implement reforms and work to strengthen overall governance, including supporting and emboldening regional civil society organizations dedicated to human rights, good governance and democratic accountability.”

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. “I’m the only candidate to propose a 21st-century Marshall Plan for Central America that creates a lasting and mutually beneficial partnership with the people of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala,” Castro told The Post. “This plan would help build resilience in their communities and allow individuals to find opportunity at home.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. Delaney supports increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, he told The Post. “Withdrawing foreign aid will make conditions in Central America worse, ultimately destabilizing the region and multiplying the number of people fleeing those countries – creating larger caravans in the future,” he said in 2018.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard supports increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, she told The Post.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand signed onto a letter opposing President Trump's foreign aid cuts to Central American countries in April.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris signed onto a letter opposing President Trump's foreign aid cuts to Central American countries in April.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper supports increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, he told The Post.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. “I will restore foreign assistance funding to nations that are the source of many recent immigrants and asylum seekers, especially children and whole families fleeing persecution in their home countries,” Inslee told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar supports increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, her campaign told The Post. She signed onto a letter opposing President Trump's foreign aid cuts to Central American countries in April.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “I strongly support aid focused on solving the security crisis in these countries and protecting their most vulnerable populations,” Moulton told The Post. “Following lessons learned from Plan Columbia, we need to help these people find a safe, good life at home so they don’t have to flee to America in fear for their lives.”

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. “We must focus on this hemisphere and once again make it a foreign policy priority of this country — we can either address the problems in Central America at our border or help the people of Central America address them at home,” O'Rourke's campaign website said.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports increasing foreign aid to Central America, his campaign told The Post. “Working with allies and our diplomatic corps, we will establish a strategy to stabilize countries like Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala,” his immigration plan said.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. “I strongly support increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to bolster humanitarian efforts as well as projects that can improve local economies and safety in these countries,” Ryan told The Post. “It’s critical that we are actively working to both improve conditions and reduce the desperation that leads many asylum seekers on the often-dangerous journey of seeking refuge in the United States.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “I believe our trade policies should be written with the goal of lifting standards of living both in the United States and abroad, and must protect workers in all countries, not large multinational corporations,” Sanders told The Post. “I support aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala as well as strengthened diplomatic ties.” He signed onto a letter opposing President Trump's foreign aid cuts to Central American countries in April.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak supports increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, he told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports increasing foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “The issue of immigration needs leadership, not showmanship.,” Swalwell told The Post. “A leader would go beyond the border and convene leaders from Mexico and South American countries to support working with Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, as well as any relevant NGOs [nongovernmental organizations], to see how we can alleviate the suffering that is driving people to seek asylum in the U.S. If that requires increased foreign aid, then it’s an investment we should make."

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “I’ll commit at least $1.5 billion annually in aid to fully fund programs that target crime, disrupt trafficking, address poverty, reduce sexual violence, and enhance programs for at-risk youth in Central America and throughout our hemisphere — and I’ll rally the international community to match those funds,” Warren's immigration plan said. She previously told The Post, “I believe we need to use all the tools in the toolbox — and that includes not cutting aid to countries in Central America and instead making sure we provide the support needed so mamas don’t have to flee with their babies for their lives.”

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “We need to address the reasons people are leaving their homes. We should help provide security and economic opportunity where they live so they don’t feel compelled to flee,” Williamson told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “I absolutely think we should work with our neighbors in the Northern Triangle, through aid provided through U.S. agencies, to quell immigration,” Yang told The Post. “Improving the situation on the ground there will help decrease the number of asylum seekers.”

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. De Blasio did not provide an answer to this question.