Bernie believes we must strengthen and expand our support for refugees fleeing war and violence and do our part in the international community to provide relief. The United States under President Trump has not lived up to our values and ideals. refugee admissions play in our response to the global refugee crisis? We must end the destabilizing foreign policy decisions and trade deals that helped contribute to the crises we see in Latin America today. When he is in the White House, our trade policies will 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.

do to address the causes of migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America?īernie believes we must provide aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala and strength diplomatic ties. No one should profit from the incarceration of another person. And that means ending the for-profit detention center and prison industrial complex. That means not holding asylum seekers in detention while their applications are processed. He believes we must stand up for our values and accept refugees, asylum-seekers, and families who come to the United States in search of the American Dream. We must not let corporate America pick and choose who they want to come into our country. The United States can not be about tearing babies from the arms of their mothers.īernie believes that when we look at our border today, we must remember that most of the people coming into the country are seeking asylum from violence, strife and poverty– in the same way his own father was seeking asylum.īernie supports an immigration system grounded in civil and human rights. What we need in the United States is humane comprehensive immigration reform, which ends the barbaric treatment of immigrant families.

This is how America was built and it has made our country strong. southern border?īernie believes we must stand up for our values as a country of immigrants and accept refugees, asylum-seekers, and families who come to the United States in search of the American Dream. respond to the growing number of asylum-seekers, including families and children, seeking protection at the U.S. Here is his response exactly as provided: Amnesty International USA asked Bernie Sanders 13 questions about some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time.

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